On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 09:36:28AM -0500, eben@gmx.us wrote: > Thermal compound (if there is any) dried out? There's none. At least not visible, or replaceable. > If you can trigger a failure by heating the device with say a hair > dryer, that's supporting evidence. But yeah, it might be some > software. Or some component aging and changing its behavior slightly > out of spec. I performed the hair dryer test, but couldn't trigger the disconnection. I kept the adapter warm, to a temperature higher than what I get during regular use, for around 15 mins. Under heavy load this is long enough for 2-4 disconnections. -- Ceppo https://wiki.debian.org/Ceppo Please, encrypt our messages with the key at the link above and send me yours.
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