Les wrote: > The ones I have seen use what looks like surface mount zero ohm resistor > (like a small square of ceramic surface mounted to the board.), but > marked as "F1" or Fuse or in one case Fuze. I have only seen this about > 5 times total, though, so do not know if this has gone away in newer > hardware. > > Unfortunately I never checked the PCB identity, so I have no idea of > which manufacturer(s) these may have been. Of course, all of this is moot. His USB ports are fried. It matters not that it could/should/won't have died due to static or if there are fuses or not....or if it was just a coincidence that he happened to notice they died when he plugged in his USB disk that he hadn't used in the past n-days. Or how one spells fuse/fuze...how long ago did we go down that road? The OP is going to go out and buy a PCI USB card....or maybe take the opportunity to get a new MB and use it as an excuse to get an early holiday gift.
