<p dir="ltr">Not sure how to tell.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 20, 2013 10:18 AM, "Steven Adeff" <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Mark Pennock <<a href="mailto:markitman2@gmail.com">markitman2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Steven Adeff <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Rajil Saraswat <<a href="mailto:rajil.s@gmail.com">rajil.s@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> did you try power cycling it?<br>
>> >> this happens to my parents, they have to power cycle them about every<br>
>> >> two weeks. I also have a script that reloads the drivers about once a<br>
>> >> day...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Is it possible to power cycle it using software?<br>
>><br>
>> not exactly. someone did create a USB device for doing so, but that is<br>
>> a separate product.<br>
>> you can try reloading the driver, which does sort of a "soft" reboot,<br>
>> which I have to do with my parents system, but even then a proper<br>
>> power cycle is required every so often....<br>
><br>
><br>
> I power cycled it several times and nothing. The power light is on and I get<br>
> nothing on lsusb. I tried a couple different usb ports also.<br>
<br>
possibly damaged hardware?<br>
<br>
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