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mwdakota
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 22:21
Well when attempting to connect my USB cable to my camera, I inadvertently touched the metal camera end of the USB cable and must have had static build-up! well time to buy a new computer as it smoked the mother board!!
Ah well live and learn I guess.
Jim G
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 22:23
The computer just crashed as soon as you touched the end of the USB cable!?
danpass
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 22:25
YOU LET ALL THE MAGIC SMOKE OUT!!!!


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mwdakota
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 22:27
No the computer still works, but there is no usb conectivity now. Went through all the uninstall, reinstall all drivers. Spent an hour on the phone with the tec guy and the usb ports are cooked.
statsman
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 22:28
No the computer still works, but there is no usb conectivity now. Went through all the uninstall, reinstall all drivers. Spent an hour on the phone with the tec guy and the usb ports are cooked.
Can you get a USB add-on card as a temporary solution?
Angdvl089
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 22:35
Wow that is really weird. Is this like a common thing that can happen with computers?
bill boehme
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 22:41
There is a possibility that the cable is defective. The USB hardware interface has protection against short circuits and transients.
ben_r_
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 22:58
YOU LET ALL THE MAGIC SMOKE OUT!!!!


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LOL The magic smoke...
::John::
14th of February 2008 (Thu), 23:46
I had a similar thing happen - I disabled the onboard USB ports through CMOS and plugged in a 4-port USB board.
joeseph
15th of February 2008 (Fri), 03:40
There is a possibility that the cable is defective. The USB hardware interface has protection against short circuits and transients.
you'd like to think so wouldn't you. I know of at least two people who have fried their machines (one a laptop - the thing was a write-off) by using iPod chargers. Not sure how common the problem is, but as an electrical engineer the user manual stating "plug the USB cable in Before plugging the iPod on the charger" is just senseless and defys reason. The charger plug is almost guaranteed to short out while the iPod is being put on.