[Hackrf-dev] Broken/Dead HackRF Blue?

[Noah Jaehnert]

Thanks Christopher. I have tried multiple USB cables as well (at least 5) with the same response/issue. 

Any other ideas?

-Noah

> On May 3, 2020, at 12:18, Christopher Howard <christopher.howard at qlfiles.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I was just wanting to confirm if you 100% certaom your USB cable is
> good. Maybe want to try another one. I spent days once trying to figure
> out why my USB light was not coming on, and it was because I was using
> a USB charge cable instead of a data cable.
> 
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>> On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 14:56 -0400, Noah Jaehnert wrote:
>> Hi all, 
>> 
>> I cannot get my HackRF Blue to be recognized in Linux (Raspberry Pi),
>> nor Mac OS X. I get nothing in dmesg, /var/log/syslog, lsusb,
>> hackrf_info, nor dfu-util. The device just doesn't seem to exist. 
>> 
>> In normal mode, 3v3, 1v8, and RF leds are on solid, but no USB. In
>> DFU, 3v3 is on and RF is on (somewhat dim), no USB.
>> 
>> It seems to be exhibiting the same symptoms as Pierre's here: 
>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/pipermail/hackrf-dev/2015-December/001735.html
>> 
>> Tried on 3 different computers (Raspberry Pi w/Buster, Mac OS X, and
>> Windows 10). On Win10, I get a "Device Descriptor Failed" error. On
>> the other two (RasPi and Mac), there is nothing in dmesg, lsusb,
>> logs, etc. Its as if the device is dead from a USB perspective. 
>> 
>> On Windows, when plugged in, it shows as "Unknown USB Device (Device
>> Descriptor Failed)." However, I cannot seem to do anything with it. I
>> tried dfu-util and reflashing but it is not recognized by dfu-util on
>> Windows either. 
>> 
>> Is there anything I can do about this? Or is my HackRF toast? 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -Noah
>> 
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