From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 25 04:19:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89024106566B for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:19:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 637C98FC12 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:19:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5D03CE84DAD; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:19:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:19:17 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Erich Dollansky Message-ID: <20120825041917.GA21506@thought.org> References: <20120825005250.GA20264@thought.org> <20120825083929.18fb9147@AMD620.ovitrap.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120825083929.18fb9147@AMD620.ovitrap.com> Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 26 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List 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 04:19:18 -0000 On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 08:39:29AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:39:29 +0700 > From: Erich Dollansky > Subject: Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]] > To: Gary Kline > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) > > Hi, > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:52:53 -0700 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > #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?? > > > every electrical or electronic device can burn out. I would check the > hardware directly connected to the affected port. Especially the > motherboard if it is a built-in one. the tech tried every USB port; none responded. the motherbd was a drop-in since the box was oeiginally a 2.75GHz single-proc bare-bones from 2005. gary ps: I have two copies of everything so just d/loaded Fedora. see if that reactivates the ports. > > Erich -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.