Just got my board two days ago from DIGI-KEY (usa) lots of disappointment so far.
50% of the time the network won't come up (i've never had network issues here and the only thing having issues is this board). I also bought a Nvidia Jetson TK1 which btw is working flawlessly out of the box on the exact same network cable and network. (yes unrelated to USB issues, but IS related to the rest of my comment)
100% of the time the USB will not work.
I've tried various low power USB things like usb-sdcard as well other items via a powered hub (RTL dongles, GPS, digital compass) and varying lengths of USB cables.
I *REALLY* expected a whole lot better results from this board after reading so many positive reviews on it. This is a major disappointment to me mostly because I just expected it to work.
SETUP IS:
* Failure mode (sometimes or always?)
100% failure
* Headless/hdmi configuration
headless
* FPGA/Linux/Ubuntu version being used
Most recent as of Nov 30th, 2014 from
http://www.parallella.org/create-sdcard/* Fan used?
12V120mm - avg temp 46 (per xtemp)
* SKU#
I can't see the SKU because there's a big honkin Heatsink on it (first thing I did when I got the board before I powered it up)
* Power supply used
10A 5V switched (Fluke VOM shows 5.08vdc)