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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: annoying frequent overcurrent messages.
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:44:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060714204445.GC8731@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200607132350.55978.a1426z@gawab.com>

On Thu 13-07-06 23:50:55, Al Boldi wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 14:08 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > I have a box that's having its dmesg flooded with..
> > > > 
> > > > hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 1
> > > > hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 2
> > > > hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 1
> > > > hub 1-0:1.0: over-current change on port 2
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > > over and over again..
> > > > The thing is, this box doesn't even have any USB devices connected to 
> > > > it, so there's absolutely nothing I can do to remedy this.
> > > 
> > > Well, overcurrent is a potentially dangerous situation.  That's why it 
> > > gets reported with dev_err priority.
> > 
> > Well, I see overcurrents all the time while doing suspend/resume...
> > 
> > Why is it dangerous? USB should survive plugging something that
> > connects +5V and ground. It may turn your machine off, but that should
> > be it...?
> 
> I don't want to sound alarming here, but I just had a USBFlashStick fried by 
> a machine, while in suspend-to-ram running 2.6.17.

Well, I have one usb sticdk fried by regular use under linux (like --
5 minutes of regular use!) and another fried by my dad on windows. So
these beasts are crap.

> I am blaming hw, but does anybody know how I can get my data back?

Probably not easily. Specialized shop might desolder flash chip and
read it directly... or you may try swapping flash chip into
'not-yet-fried' stick...

-- 
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-14 20:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-13 20:50 annoying frequent overcurrent messages Al Boldi
2006-07-14 20:44 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2006-07-15  3:54   ` Al Boldi
     [not found] <200607111747.13529.david-b@pacbell.net>
2006-07-12 14:19 ` Alan Stern
2006-07-12 16:56   ` Dave Jones
2006-07-12 17:09   ` Ray Lee
2006-07-12 17:19     ` Alan Stern
2006-07-12 17:34       ` Ray Lee
2006-07-12 17:45         ` Alan Stern
2006-07-12 18:06           ` Ray Lee
2006-07-12 17:51       ` Dave Jones
2006-07-12 18:07         ` Alan Stern
2006-07-12 18:26         ` Alan Cox
2006-07-13 12:08   ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-13 12:14     ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-13 14:29     ` Alan Stern
2006-08-08 11:37       ` Pavel Machek
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-07-12  0:37 Dave Jones

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