HELP! Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 cannot configure

Configuration Zigbee
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I am running Home Assistant in Virtual Box (Windows 10 PC) and just picked up a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 Dongle Plus.

I have figured out how to pass thru the USB device, and HA recognizes it. The ZHA integration is available and I select the Dongle to configure it. It asks whether I want to restore or create a new network, then everything goes wrong.

Within a few seconds, the VM becomes unresponsive (Windows is OK) and I have to force restart it. I don’t know how to get any logs since I’m new to using a VM.

I have the Dongle plugged into an extension. I’m on HA Core 2024.8.1 and HAOS 13.0

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You would have to login to the VM by either using the console or ssh, then you should be able to get the logs.

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I managed to resolve this issue by switching the USB settings in VirtualBox from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0.

I was given the impression USB 3.0 and Zigbee is a bad combination. I have the dongle plugged into a USB 2.0 port on the motherboard…

In any case, seems to be a VirtualBox issue