On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Brad Campbell wrote: > You remember that file I had that can consistently lockup my device? > > Turns out it has something to do with the cable length and capacitance between the > chip and the drive!
<...> > GL-811 -> Mini-Centronics-Male -> Mini-Centronics-Female -> PCB -> 80 Pin Cable -> > IDE Connector -> > PCB -> 50 Pin Centronics Male -> 50 Pin Centronics Female -> PCB -> 80 Pin Cable -> > Hard disk > > !!!!?! > > So I grabbed a dongly thing that plugs the GL-811 directly into the back of the Caddy > > GL-811 -> Mini-Centronics-Male -> Mini-Centronics-Female -> PCB -> Centronics Male > -> Centronics > Female -> PCB -> 80 Pin Cable -> HD > > And what do you know! It works with the latest kernel changes. > > So it is the stuipd convoluted ViPower connection system that is corrupting the data > under some > condition that causes the GL-811 to lock up. Amazing, isn't it? And yet at the same time, not really surprising... Anyway, congratulations on tracking this down. Your efforts will light the way for future unfortunate Genesys/ViPower owners. :-) Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
