[ltp] High Speed USB problems

[bhaskins]

Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> Quoting Marius Gedminas <marius@gedmin.as>:
>   
>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 02:33:46PM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
>>     
>>> Quoting U Kuehn <ukuehn@acm.org>:
>>>       
>>>> Do you observe high speed usb also not working under windows (warning
>>>> like "high speed usb device connected to low speed port" or something
>>>> similar)? If so, it might be hardware-related.
>>>>
>>>> I had the a similar problem, also only from time to time. I read
>>>> somewhere that it indicates a dying south-bridge :( In the end, I had
>>>> the mainboard replaced because sound device vanished from the system and
>>>> in the end, it could not access the hard disk anymore. By that time,
>>>> luckily, the warranty was still valid...
>>>>         
>>> Thank you for jogging my brain, I'll try booting into Windows when I am home
>>> where all the USB devices are.
>>>       
>> Also, read this: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_USB_2.0
>>
>> I had a T42 with this problem.  It died completely a few months after the
>> warranty expired.
>>
>>     
>
> This sounds very much like my problem, except the USB hard drive does not work
> properly at all.  Replacing the main board probably doesn't make sense for a 6
> year old laptop unless I can cannabilize a known good one from some other
> laptop.
>
> I'm going to miss it, I like my T41.  Plus the hassle of picking a replacement
> and moving the files and setting up a new computer.
>   
Why not try a PCMCIA USB2 adapter?
I have several including one that also has a FireWire port which I use for
HD video capture.
IMHO most of the new laptops are 36, ( or less ), month POS wonders.
Long story but I've been "sucked into" finding why over six of these died
since the first of the year and all of them have internal shorts on the 
mother
board, most likely a "tin whisker" problem.
Personally, I'm sticking to my A31s as they just keep going and going 
without
even the slightest glitch.
I sold one of my A31s to a neighbor and it even survived bouncing around in
the cabin of her SUV during a rollover.
The SUV was totaled, but the Thinkpad just needed a DVD drive replacement.
They don't build em like they used to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course, part of this is that I !!! hate !!!! ~!@#$ touchpads, ( I 
play guitar ), and it is hard to find a nice new LT with a Trackpoint or 
trackball

> Thanks,
>   Jeffrey
>