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  • similar boxes; one usb wifi the other no way!

    From bad sector@forgetski@_INVALID.net to alt.comp.os.linux on Sun Mar 16 23:22:46 2025
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    I'm working with two similar boxes these days, an ASUS motherboard and
    an MSI one, both over 10 years old and both running AMD phenom CPU's.
    Both have the same 10 Linux distros installed, and both have USB ports
    that work providing 'otherwise' conventional USB services.

    Any one of about half a dozen USB wifi transceivers that I have will
    work on the Asus box connecting it to my phone's hot-spot, but NONE of
    them work on the MSI box with any of the same OSes.

    I figure it's gotta be a hardware issue, but WHAT?


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  • From Randolf Richardson =?UTF-8?B?5by15paH6YGT?=@noc@inter-corporate.com to alt.comp.os.linux on Thu Jul 10 18:24:16 2025
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    On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:22:46 -0400
    bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> wrote:

    I'm working with two similar boxes these days, an ASUS motherboard and
    an MSI one, both over 10 years old and both running AMD phenom CPU's.
    Both have the same 10 Linux distros installed, and both have USB ports
    that work providing 'otherwise' conventional USB services.

    Any one of about half a dozen USB wifi transceivers that I have will
    work on the Asus box connecting it to my phone's hot-spot, but NONE of
    them work on the MSI box with any of the same OSes.

    I figure it's gotta be a hardware issue, but WHAT?

    Is there a BIOS setting on the MSI system that limits security of the
    USB ports, or forces them to operate in a specific way (e.g., as disks)?
    --
    Randolf Richardson 張文道, CNA - noc@inter-corporate.com
    Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
    Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
    https://www.inter-corporate.com/
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