Slackware slopware: USB port disconnects and is crippled until reboot - no problems with Windows 7

"I use slackware 14 64bit with stock kernel. Sometimes I got problems with using my external usb 3.0 2TB drive (ext4, LUKS-encrypted). After copying few GB from my drive it gets disconnected. When this happens I can't connect anything else to ...

Message posted on the March 25th, 2013 - 9:31 AM ET

Diodes Incorporated’s Power Switches Enhance USB Port Protection

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today announced ...

Press published on the June 28th, 2011 - 7:00 AM ET

Power Switches from Diodes Incorporated Increase Power Density in USB Port Protection

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today ...

Press published on the April 23rd, 2013 - 8:00 AM ET

Power Switches from Diodes Incorporated Increase Power Density in USB Port Protection Duties

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today announced ...

Press published on the January 8th, 2013 - 9:00 AM ET

SMSC Introduces the Industry’s First Programmable USB Power Controller

SMSC (NASDAQ: SMSC), a leading semiconductor company enabling content rich connectivity systems, today announced it is breaking new ground in USB port power charging with the industry’s first programmable USB power ...

Press published on the July 26th, 2011 - 5:00 AM ET

SMSC Introduces Industry’s First 7-Port USB 3.0 Hybrid Hub Controller Family

Expanding SuperSpeed USB Peripheral Connectivity for Ultra-mobile PCs and Tablets.

Press published on the August 8th, 2011 - 5:00 AM ET

Sealevel Introduces High-Speed 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Battery Charging Downstream Port

Sealevel’s HUB4PH is a powered USB 2.0 4-port hub that is perfect for adding high-speed USB ports to industrial computing platforms. The hub is USB 2.0 compliant, providing a full 480M bps data rate to the host, ...

Press published on the February 22nd, 2012 - 10:52 AM ET

SMSC Announces Industry’s First High Speed Inter-Chip USB 2.0 Hub for Portable Consumer Electronics Applications

Patented Interconnect Technology Provides Link for SoCs & Peripherals Via On-Board USB.

Press published on the November 16th, 2011 - 7:00 AM ET

How do I get the USB port to talk to the Motorola Razr?

I only want to transfer files between PC and phone, but I can't get Win98 First Edition to talk through the USB port to the Motorola Razr phone. A year ago, I used the Italian drivers [wtgenusb.zip] to wake up the USB port for memory stick ...

Message posted on the June 27th, 2009 - 5:50 PM ET

how to find USB port

I have an external drive attached to my PC through a USB port. From time to time, I get a message saying that the device is connected through a low speed USB port and the device wil perform better if it is connected to a high speed USB port. It ...

Message posted on the February 9th, 2009 - 7:20 AM ET

USB port slow

XP SP3 My home pc is very slow in copying file from HD to USB port. It took 50 minutest copy a 1.2GB from HD to USB flash key. I thought the problem of my USB key, but it's not. I tried to copy 2.5 GB file in my work pc from USB(my colleague's USB ...

Message posted on the June 14th, 2010 - 6:50 AM ET

How to know which USB port that USB disk insert ?

There are many USB port on PC. When I insert a USB disk to USB port how can I know which the USB port had inserted ? Thanks.

Message posted on the February 9th, 2009 - 3:36 AM ET

Write protect access on USB port

Hello, I would like to block write access by default to all drives plugged in to my USB port (a specific USB port). This capability would probably be at the kernel level to be effective. Doing research on LWN.net, I noticed the following sentence ...

Message posted on the November 26th, 2012 - 3:10 PM ET

so one USB port not equal to other USB port

I have been having trouble with one of my USB hard disks. It worked for some time, but not reliably. In practice it randomly dismounted while copying files (and also when not copying). After that I had to pull the power plug and reinsert it to make ...

Message posted on the March 5th, 2010 - 3:32 PM ET

usb port