[ltp] Re: is my usb controller dead?

[Bernhard Sputh]

On Wednesday 26 April 2006 21:19, Andreas Ntaflos wrote:

> This is very disturbing to hear. I seem, however, to have been lucky,
> since I attached an iPod USB cable without an iPod on my T41p just two
> days ago (before reading this) and both USB ports still seem to be
> working fine.

Oh it worked for me previously, it is not like the iPod cable will definitely 
break the USB ports. I just reported what happened in my case :( I now have  
a Hub between my TP and my other USB devices, the Apple iPod cable is 
attached to it now for a couple of month and from time to time I hook my iPod 
to it. And I did not experienced any problems so far.

> How could attaching a cable (an open conduct) fry the USB controller, or
> anything for that matter? 

If I would know I think I would make sure that my TP will never suffer from 
this problem. However, the TP broke down when I attached a device to it 
(external HDD) and the other time with the iPod cable. If I have to do any 
plugging of the USB ports, directly at the TP I power it off. However, as 
mentioned earlier I have a hub now, so I do not need to touch the TP USB 
ports directly anymore.

Don't worry to much, after all it is only a computer :)

Cheers
Bernhard