On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 16:12 -0400, Michael Wiktowy wrote: > I have had similar things happen when using the USB ports on the front > of my machine (that connect through a long wire that runs by > hard-drives and power supplies, etc to get there). Plugging directly > into the usb ports on the back of the machine helped in my situation. Unless the cabling is *really* bad, that short length oughtn't to be a problem, nor it running past drives. However, a common problem with front mounted sockets is when the cable is grounded at both ends, and USB sockets are coupled to the audio jacks. I had a collection of nasty problems until I removed the front connector board, split the grounds apart between USB and audio sockets, and isolated them all from the chassis with a bit of tape and those non-conductive washers you get when you buy a new PC case. All those connections were already grounded at the plug that goes into the motherboard. If you'd like to use the convenient sockets on the front, it can be worth the bother of reworking the wiring. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
