Problem with my Rii i8 keyboard

  • Hi,
    I'm having a problem with my rii i8 keyboard. The keyboard is associated with a dongle on my rpi4b. So far all was well. But recently, when I plug in my external hard drive, the keyboard seems to no longer be able to connect to the dongle beyond a meter, barely. If I don't connect the hard drive I can control Libreelec as before. My question is: would there be any interference on the usb ports?
    Has anyone come across this problem before?
    Regards