From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 25 16:05:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 830EB1065673 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:05:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com (mail-wi0-f170.google.com [209.85.212.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 111008FC1E for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:05:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhq12 with SMTP id hq12so4121635wib.1 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:05:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=QF6+NEi9E1sSS+E1wUyVFRlTn3hBItz69BM6k/QQaSc=; b=xoH4Xj6kCPGv6IpI1Hh4fsAdTafFvKrU7WSAIwEXZ5HFffTUnKOTd9MNgwwthe4NOm hgDj0S+SljBXkiQpPGgRCX9/kPORatNfNPK988eP7baavJKGjkBfr87pZja0Pl9zUySg l+qBQ3gftXMkQXDECPZVglVeXLkQlGQJO/g34iizzp20D/UyV0NrwgUm0Bul0cnab5D0 I1LijksIXS4Ms7rXC/SPD8YKpzH4aK+Z1V34CwgeUPfFvPNz2gEwsj1mRLNZENrNo12N fBUdGrOxSy0w/KAW9xiIpLq0tuFz0OEsF2pcHNjovXvw8GB/fG1SsQvwkgO2QdEmNZRK wxhQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.20.204 with SMTP id p12mr13194398wie.7.1345910739847; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:05:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.190.153 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:05:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120825005250.GA20264@thought.org> References: <20120825005250.GA20264@thought.org> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:05:39 -0700 Message-ID: From: Waitman Gobble To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:05:47 -0000 On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > been here the whole day since around 09.00. one question since the > guy who did my kvm switch used too-short cables----they were ~4ft > instead of 6. my question: Do any of you know if I can just buy > kvm cables... of say 6ft? it's a trendnet TK-409K. > > > #2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what > the tech found. anybody care to reply to either point?? > > tx very tmuch > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service > Unix > Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Gary, I don't recall a burn-out issue like that with a USB port, except maybe on a notebook one time.. but I've recently seen some mobo mfgs advertising 'ESD resistant USB ports'. So I suppose that's been an issue... Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA