On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 16:40 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: > I plugged my USB memory stick in the other night, and instantly froze my > FC5 system. I mean bang--dead. > > The reboot went fine, journals all recovered fine (Nice!), but the > system no longer responds to any device plugged in. No kernel messages > at all. The stick still works in other computers, and the ports still > don't work if I reboot into that other OS, so it sure looks like my USB > ports are gone. > > All the kernel messages on bootup look ok, same as usual, no errors. > > Anyone else have this happen? > > Anything else I might try? > > Anything I should look for when buying an add-on card? > > <Joe > If the ports are on a bus board, check that it is seated well. I have had boards that would lift when plugging thing in and out, making them fail to work. If that is good, check that the supply hasn't died. The +5 is used for USB output. Some boards also have a fuse on the board. It may have blown. Regards, Les H
