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The front panel USB 3.2 connection isn't functioning properly.

The front panel USB 3.2 connection isn't functioning properly.

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Utd_Monkeys
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07-05-2017, 03:27 AM
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The issue mainly involves my USB 3 flash drives not showing up in Linux (dmesg reports nothing). Here’s what’s happening: I have two PCs, PC1 and PC2, along with three USB 3 drives—dev1, dev2, and dev3—and one external hard drive. Both PC cases have two USB 3 ports and two USB 2 ports on the front panel, and the motherboards recognize all devices regardless of location. The USB 2 ports function perfectly with any device connected. dev1 and dev2 also work consistently everywhere. The strange situation is: when I connect the external hard drive (HDD) to PC1’s USB 3 port on the front panel, Windows doesn’t detect it. When I plug in dev3 on PC2’s USB 3 port, Linux fails to recognize it, and nothing appears in dmesg. All other combinations seem to work without issues. This suggests something specific about those two devices. Could be the HDD is faulty, or there’s an encryption layer affecting Linux? The drive itself isn’t damaged, ports provide sufficient power, and motherboards are functioning normally. What might be causing this?
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07-05-2017, 03:27 AM #1

The issue mainly involves my USB 3 flash drives not showing up in Linux (dmesg reports nothing). Here’s what’s happening: I have two PCs, PC1 and PC2, along with three USB 3 drives—dev1, dev2, and dev3—and one external hard drive. Both PC cases have two USB 3 ports and two USB 2 ports on the front panel, and the motherboards recognize all devices regardless of location. The USB 2 ports function perfectly with any device connected. dev1 and dev2 also work consistently everywhere. The strange situation is: when I connect the external hard drive (HDD) to PC1’s USB 3 port on the front panel, Windows doesn’t detect it. When I plug in dev3 on PC2’s USB 3 port, Linux fails to recognize it, and nothing appears in dmesg. All other combinations seem to work without issues. This suggests something specific about those two devices. Could be the HDD is faulty, or there’s an encryption layer affecting Linux? The drive itself isn’t damaged, ports provide sufficient power, and motherboards are functioning normally. What might be causing this?

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