bruhhhh Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Hello. It used to work without any issues, and today this started happening: I connect my Alfa to my computer with usb cable The Alfa's led turns on and it gets recognized in system, 1 second later it turns off and stays off for a few seconds Step 2 Step 3 It's random for how long it turns off and the light sometimes flicker a bit and sometimes the Alfa doesn't turn on at all. At one point it stayed on for 2 minutes and I checked it's mac adress, tried connecting to wifi, it all worked. What can be the problem? Please help I'm going crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap_Sig Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 What OS are you having this issue in? Have you tried a different OS? Have you tried another USB cable? Could be as simple as a bad pin or broke wire in the cable. Just a couple quick things to check before digging in deeper to the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruhhhh Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Cap_Sig said: What OS are you having this issue in? Have you tried a different OS? Have you tried another USB cable? Could be as simple as a bad pin or broke wire in the cable. Just a couple quick things to check before digging in deeper to the problem. Hello. I tried in Debian and Windows 10. I installed atheros drivers both times, definetely didn't make a mistake. I also booted a live kali usb to check if I did something stupid. Nope, still same issue. I tried 3 different cables (yes). Still same issue. I thought this could be a PSU issue, maybe it wants more power? Then I remembered it worked on my old Lenovo T400 on a single USB 2.0 port without doing the same issue. This time I was connecting it to USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and USB 3 GEN 2 (800 mA max) and same issue every time. Tried multiple computers too. Could a dmesg log help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruhhhh Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Cap_Sig said: What OS are you having this issue in? Have you tried a different OS? Have you tried another USB cable? Could be as simple as a bad pin or broke wire in the cable. Just a couple quick things to check before digging in deeper to the problem. Sorry for a double post, here's the dmesg: https://pastebin.com/T0Cg6SpW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap_Sig Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Looks like from the dmesg its not a driver issue for the adapter. Something is going wrong with either the USB interface on the system or alfa adapter is bad. Will other USB devices work from the same USB 3.0 port you have tried on the system? If no - system is having USB issues If yes - seems your alfa adapter is bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFOTRACE Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 On 9/22/2019 at 10:20 PM, bruhhhh said: Hello. I tried in Debian and Windows 10. I installed atheros drivers both times, definetely didn't make a mistake. I also booted a live kali usb to check if I did something stupid. Nope, still same issue. I tried 3 different cables (yes). Still same issue. I thought this could be a PSU issue, maybe it wants more power? Then I remembered it worked on my old Lenovo T400 on a single USB 2.0 port without doing the same issue. This time I was connecting it to USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and USB 3 GEN 2 (800 mA max) and same issue every time. Tried multiple computers too. Could a dmesg log help? Any chance that it can be replaced by contacting Alpha? They have great customer service, and you could get a replacement in 48 hrs (depending on your location). 😈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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