# When I plug in an USB ethernet dongle the keyboard stops working

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**Category:** uConsole\
**Tags:** usb, ethernet\
**Created:** [June 28, 2024, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/when-i-plug-in-an-usb-ethernet-dongle-the-keyboard-stops-working/13766 "2024-06-28T07:08:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/when-i-plug-in-an-usb-ethernet-dongle-the-keyboard-stops-working/13766/10 "2025-05-14T13:21:28Z")

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Adding over\_voltage=6 to the /boot/config.txt helps. It doesn’t go away completely. The keyboard on this thing is finky with usb. I’m having a problem right now with my teensy interfering with the dpad, game buttons, and mouse buttons. Dmesg shows it spams retire\_capture\_urb errors while it’s doing it.

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