[ltp] Re: is my usb controller dead?

[Ben Pfaff]

"Macskasi Csaba" <bitumen@tuxworld.homelinux.org> writes:

> That is one of the stupidest comments I've ever heard. Why waste money  
> _and_ the pcmcia-slot if the built-in controller can be replaced (under  
> warranty).

IBM refused to warranty the ones on my X40 motherboard when they
got fried by device removal.  They called it an "accident" and
told me that a new motherboard was $700.  I've been using a
PCMCIA card since then.

I don't know if I'd buy another IBM laptop now.  I would think
that hotplugging a hotpluggable port would be a warranty claim,
but IBM didn't think so.
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Ben Pfaff 
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