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		cesarb on Aug 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 ye... About device serial numbers, see also: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20041110-00/?p=37... "Why does Windows not recognize my USB device as the same device if I plug it into a different port?" (2004)

alin23 on Aug 28, 2022 [–]

Yes, looks like the same thing but applied to USB peripherals instead of DDC-capable ones.

I guess changing the serial number and recompiling the firmware for every device is too hard or too slow for some reason.

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