[ltp] USB died on my T42p

[Meidinger Chris]

I do not know for sure. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org 
> [mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of 
> Kelvin KAN
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30 PM
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] USB died on my T42p
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Does the probelm only occur in the "p" models i.e. T41p & 
> T42p, or also 
> in all other non-p T4X models?
> 
> Thanks,
> -
> kelvin.
> 
> 
> Meidinger Chris wrote:
> 
> > Hi David and All,
> >
> >this happened to my t42p for the second time in as many 
> months, and i got an
> >IBM tech that i know pretty well and he told me this is a 
> series problem.
> >
> >Any motherboards replaced after the end of January 2005 
> should be fine,
> >motherboards produced before then are subject to these problems. 
> >
> >IBM won't bat an eye when you tell them your USB is gone, 
> and they should
> >have someone out to replace it within a day or two. 
> >
> >(Also, the symptoms are exactly right: your usb hubs will be 
> detected, but
> >there is no hotplug event when you connect a device.)
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org 
> >>[mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of 
> >>David Ayers
> >>Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 2:50 PM
> >>To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> >>Subject: Re: [ltp] USB died on my T42p
> >>
> >>Thanks, Carsten. That is exactly what is happening. I will be 
> >>calling IBM
> >>for fixing.
> >>
> >>Dave
> >>
> >>On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:57:44 +0100
> >>Carsten Heinelt <carsten@cadence.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>   we had two failures of USB in our company with T41p's. 
> >>>
> >>The operating
> >>
> >>>systems still saw USB, but devices were not recognized anymore. IBM
> >>>replaced the mainboards.
> >>>
> >>>Carsten.
> >>>
> >>>David Ayers wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:09:31 -0500
> >>>>James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>David Ayers wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hello all,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>My usb ports suddenly went dead, and I suspect a 
> >>>>>>
> >>hardware problem. I
> >>
> >>>>>>can boot several SUSE 9.2 systems, as well as Windows 
> >>>>>>
> >>XP-Pro. None
> >>
> >>>>of>>them now recognize a usb device.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>/proc/bus/usb/devices looks normal, except that when a 
> >>>>>>
> >>usb device is
> >>
> >>>>>>plugged in, nothing happens. Hotplug is enabled, and there is no
> >>>>>>
> >>>>clue>>in the boot message that I can see. 
> >>>>
> >>>>>>Before I start fighting the battle with IBM, I would 
> >>>>>>
> >>like to know if
> >>
> >>>>>>there are any diagnostics that would nail it down as a hardware
> >>>>>>problem (or not)?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>Does the problem happen with only one device?  Or a few?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I use a PalmOne Zire 31, a HP 7550 printer, a Creative Nomad Zen
> >>>>Xtra. They all used to work fine. Now none of them will be
> >>>>recognized. I've pretty well decided it's hardware, probably
> >>>>motherboard.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks for the response.
> >>>>
> >>>>Dave
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>-- 
> >>>                                          _
> >>>Carsten Heinelt                         CADENCE Design Systems GmbH
> >>>
> >>>Tel.:    +49-89-4563-1937               Mozartstr.2
> >>>Mobile:  +49-172-8969162                85622 Feldkirchen
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> >>>
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>David Ayers
> >>Quincy, Illinois, USA
> >>http://www.dayers.net
> >>
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