Honey I blew up the USB ports

John Aldrich john at chattanooga.net
Thu Dec 21 17:05:07 UTC 2006


On Thursday 21 December 2006 10:17 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
> Chances are it is not a glass tobe. It may look like a resistor, but
> with different markings. Or it may be a small block on the
> motherboard. (Smaller then the eraser on the end of a pencil.) The
> bad part is that they are not really user replaceable. They are
> there to limit the damage, and protect the rest of the motherboard.
> Replacement usually involves unsoldering the old fuse, and soldering
> in a new one. (Or soldering a new one on top of the old one.) Your
> average user does not have the tools or skills to do it. If you use
> too much heat, you can destroy the motherboard...
>
Heck, just go out and spend $20 on a USB 2.0 PCI card. :-) That way you get 
the faster throughput as well! :-)
	John




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