acidrain
Executive Member
Just throwing a thought out to see if it holds any relevance and it's not necessartily limited to Dell's but maybe any SFF pc.
So I've been having intermittent connectivity issue between the Dell and my ANT+ / BT devices. Generally speaking the BT doesn't even connect at all and when it fails I can hear the chime when a device normally disconnects and then reconnects.
The ANT+ connects and data does come through but at random times, sometimes seconds but also minutes, the device drops out and then connects again. The SFF has the following additionals plugged into the USB slots (Wireless KB / Wifi Dongle).
At first I thought it was interference so I got a 5m USB extender and put the ANT+ right next to the connecting device... no resolve.
As a last result I put the dongle into my gaming machine and surprisingly not a single hiccup. I even used the same USB extender to extend the dongle right next to the SFF to similate it being in the same position... again not a single hiccup.
After some head scratching, the only conclusion I can think of is a power issue to the dongle from the SFF. Perhaps the USB controller is overloaded with the additional devices? (I still need to test this theory but gotta get a wired connection installed for the machine then).
Thoughts?
So I've been having intermittent connectivity issue between the Dell and my ANT+ / BT devices. Generally speaking the BT doesn't even connect at all and when it fails I can hear the chime when a device normally disconnects and then reconnects.
The ANT+ connects and data does come through but at random times, sometimes seconds but also minutes, the device drops out and then connects again. The SFF has the following additionals plugged into the USB slots (Wireless KB / Wifi Dongle).
At first I thought it was interference so I got a 5m USB extender and put the ANT+ right next to the connecting device... no resolve.
As a last result I put the dongle into my gaming machine and surprisingly not a single hiccup. I even used the same USB extender to extend the dongle right next to the SFF to similate it being in the same position... again not a single hiccup.
After some head scratching, the only conclusion I can think of is a power issue to the dongle from the SFF. Perhaps the USB controller is overloaded with the additional devices? (I still need to test this theory but gotta get a wired connection installed for the machine then).
Thoughts?
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