That's a more general problem with USB.

lazide · 2025-11-11T10:06:53 1762855613

The problem I have with USB on windows is how windows insists on turning off/crashing drivers for anything attached to USB for long periods of time.

It’s gotten to the point I just turn off my machine (instead of power saving) so that things actually work when I turn it on.

anthk · 2025-11-11T10:51:28 1762858288

If you use Linux (dual boot for instance) you can disable it with this boot arg for the kernel in Grub (and LILO too, you Slackware users, or Refind/Syslinux). Just append:

     usb.autosuspend=-1 usbcore.autosuspend=-1

to the

     linux quiet=1 foo bar blah blah... line in your /etc/default/grub, /etc/lilo.conf or whatever bootloader you use. Then, run update-grub or similar.

It will draw more power on laptops but not much.