On Thursday 21 December 2006 10:17 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Chances are it is not a glass tobe. It may look like a resistor, but > with different markings. Or it may be a small block on the > motherboard. (Smaller then the eraser on the end of a pencil.) The > bad part is that they are not really user replaceable. They are > there to limit the damage, and protect the rest of the motherboard. > Replacement usually involves unsoldering the old fuse, and soldering > in a new one. (Or soldering a new one on top of the old one.) Your > average user does not have the tools or skills to do it. If you use > too much heat, you can destroy the motherboard... > Heck, just go out and spend $20 on a USB 2.0 PCI card. :-) That way you get the faster throughput as well! :-) John
