ORICO PCI 7 USB Extender is Unstable?

I’ve got this USB PCI Extender: USB 3.0 PCI-E Card, ORICO PCI-E 7 USB 3.0 Ports Controller Card Adapter Add on Card Interface 7x USB3.0 Desktop with 15 pin SATA Power Connector for Windows Vista PC, Speed Up to 5.0 Gbps - Newegg.com which works all Manjaro kernels, but has a strange issue where it stops acknlowedging data connections at a certain point.

Devices plugged into it still recieve power, but drop all data connections. Some kernels do this faster than others, but they all do it eventually:

5.15.12-1: Within 5 minutes
5.14.21-2: About a day
5.10.89: About a day

What should I investigate to try and resolve this? Is there even anything I can do to try and inprove the stability of the card? For sanity’s sake, yes, the internal power supply is connected to it :slight_smile:

System:
  Kernel: 5.14.21-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64
    root=UUID=6ce26050-4dcc-47b7-a937-45467d8b8d61 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    radeon.modeset=1 nvdia-drm.modeset=1 quiet
    cryptdevice=UUID=466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450:luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450
    root=/dev/mapper/luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450 apparmor=1
    security=apparmor
    resume=/dev/mapper/luks-81b2dc57-06f5-4471-b484-77c3a516f307
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-PRO v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4021
    date: 08/09/2021
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 62.72 GiB used: 28.3 GiB (45.1%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32 KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 16x512 KiB
    L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3187 high: 4583 min/max: 2200/5083 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3340 2: 2625
    3: 2559 4: 2637 5: 2739 6: 2611 7: 2709 8: 2545 9: 3541 10: 3829 11: 3577
    12: 3465 13: 4583 14: 3566 15: 3636 16: 3536 17: 3016 18: 2529 19: 2295
    20: 2513 21: 2646 22: 2446 23: 2788 24: 2756 25: 3425 26: 3939 27: 3403
    28: 3549 29: 4235 30: 3708 31: 3604 32: 3651 bogomips: 217667
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic
    extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt
    pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor
    svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl
    v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
    IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 495.44 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2484
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750/8740 / R7 250E]
    vendor: VISIONTEK driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu bus-ID: 0b:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:683f class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 7-2:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6367 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.2 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x2160 s-dpi: 80 s-size: 1829x686mm (72.0x27.0")
    s-diag: 1953mm (76.9")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7")
    diag: 604mm (23.8")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7")
    diag: 604mm (23.8")
  Monitor-3: DP-3 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
    diag: 686mm (27")
  Monitor-4: DP-4 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
    diag: 686mm (27")
  Monitor-5: DP-1-3 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7")
    diag: 604mm (23.8")
  Monitor-6: DP-1-4 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
    diag: 686mm (27")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 495.44
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000
  Series]
    vendor: VISIONTEK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-4: JMTek LLC. Plugable USB Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0c76:120b
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: Schiit Audio Schiit Unison Universal Dac type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 30be:1019 class-ID: 0102
  Device-6: ASUSTek ASUS AI Noise-Cancelling Mic Adapter type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 5-5:3 chip-ID: 0b05:194e
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-7: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 7-2:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6367 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.21-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.42 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
    port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: nordlynx state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB
    driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-5.3:9 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
  Device-1: luks-c847cf9f-c6b5-4624-a25e-4531e318851a maj-min: 254:2
    type: LUKS dm: dm-2 size: 3.64 TiB
  Components:
  p-1: sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 3.64 TiB
  Device-2: luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450 maj-min: 254:0
    type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 864.75 GiB
  Components:
  p-1: nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 864.75 GiB
  Device-3: luks-81b2dc57-06f5-4471-b484-77c3a516f307 maj-min: 254:1
    type: LUKS dm: dm-1 size: 66.26 GiB
  Components:
  p-1: nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 66.26 GiB
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 9.11 TiB used: 2.62 TiB (28.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 111110WD temp: 48.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 211070WD temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory
    size: 14.92 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 864.75 GiB size: 767 GiB (88.70%) used: 723.22 GiB (94.3%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450 label: N/A
    uuid: 6ce26050-4dcc-47b7-a937-45467d8b8d61
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 26.1 MiB (5.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 4B3B-683F
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 864.75 GiB size: 767 GiB (88.70%)
    used: 723.22 GiB (94.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450 label: N/A
    uuid: 6ce26050-4dcc-47b7-a937-45467d8b8d61
  ID-4: /run/media/sarah/ConvergentRefuge raw-size: 3.64 TiB
    size: 3.64 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.33 TiB (36.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-2
    maj-min: 254:2 mapped: luks-c847cf9f-c6b5-4624-a25e-4531e318851a
    label: ConvergentRefuge uuid: 7d295e73-4143-4eb1-9d22-75a06b1d2984
  ID-5: /run/media/sarah/MSS_EXtended raw-size: 731.51 GiB
    size: 731.16 GiB (99.95%) used: 593.93 GiB (81.2%) fs: xfs
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:5 label: MSS EXtended
    uuid: 20339e0b-8343-433e-9209-ac67e31d9d73
  ID-6: /run/user/1000/keybase/kbfs raw-size: N/A size: 250 GiB
    used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: fuse dev: /dev/fuse label: N/A uuid: N/A
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 64 GiB used: 25.5 MiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
    mapped: luks-81b2dc57-06f5-4471-b484-77c3a516f307 label: N/A
    uuid: c5112526-26fb-473c-b7ab-bb9ef049aa38
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:6 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:7 size: 199.98 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: E658FD3258FD025B
  ID-3: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.64 TiB fs: ntfs
    label: JerichoVariance uuid: 1AB22D5664889CBD
  ID-4: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 2.97 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-5: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: 97EE-3EF6
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: JMTek LLC. Plugable USB Audio Device type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0c76:120b class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 3-2:3 info: Terminus FE 2.1 7-port Hub ports: 7 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0201 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2.1:5 info: Sunplus Innovation Gaming mouse [Philips SPK9304]
    type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 1bcf:08a0 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 3-2.4:7
    info: Toshiba TransMemory-Mini / Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Stick
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0930:6544 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 3-2.5:10 info: Microdia Backlit Gaming Keyboard
    type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 400mA chip-ID: 0c45:652f class-ID: 0301
  Device-4: 3-2.6:11 info: HUION H420 type: Mouse,HID driver: uclogic,usbhid
    interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 256c:006e
    class-ID: 0300
  Hub-5: 3-2.7:12 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2.7.4:13 info: Texas Instruments TI-Nspire Calculator
    type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 0451:e012 class-ID: 0000
  Device-2: 3-3:4 info: Schiit Audio Schiit Unison Universal Dac type: Audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 30be:1019 class-ID: 0102
  Hub-6: 3-5:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-5.3:9
    info: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
  Hub-7: 3-6:8 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-4:2 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 16mA
    chip-ID: 0b05:18f3 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 5-5:3 info: ASUSTek ASUS AI Noise-Cancelling Mic Adapter
    type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0b05:194e class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-10: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 7-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 7-2:2 info: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: Video,Audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:6367 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Hub-12: 8-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 56.4 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
  GPU: device: nvidia screen: :0.0 temp: 48 C fan: 0% device: radeon
    temp: 50.0 C
Info:
  Processes: 847 Uptime: 13h 44m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 250
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 alt: 10 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: 2246
  pacman: 2223 lib: 495 flatpak: 7 snap: 16 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.12
  running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.11

That kernel is EOL = End Of Life

Maybe is not a powerful enough one for all the devices/components you have connected simultaneously …?
If you have TLP installed, then check the settings, or simply remove it (since you are on a Desktop PC)

Maybe try adding the following kernel parameter in grub:

usbcore.autosuspend=-1

Very strange how it only works on the EOL kernel and the previous LTS :smiley: