[Hackrf-dev] Broken/Dead HackRF Blue?

Joris joris at v5.be
Sun May 3 12:29:43 EDT 2020


Hi,

In the same vain: have you tried other usb ports? There is always the (ever
fun) possibility that it can't deliver power or...

J

Op zo 3 mei 2020 18:26 schreef Noah Jaehnert <njaehner at gmail.com>:

> 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.
> >
> > --
> > Christopher Howard
> > p: +1 (907) 374-0257
> > w: https://librehacker.com
> > social: https://gnusocial.club/librehacker
> > gpg: ADDEAADE5D607C8D (keys.gnupg.net)
> >
> >> 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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