[Hackrf-dev] Broken/Dead HackRF Blue?

[Noah Jaehnert]

Tried three different computers (Mac laptop, Raspberry Po, and Windows laptop). Same result on all three, using different cables and different ports. 

-Noah

> On May 3, 2020, at 12:29, Joris <joris at v5.be> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
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>> > 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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