Hi, > Are you using a good cable (the one that came with the Ben)?
I used the cable that came w/ my ben. > Googeling > for Thinkpad 40e and usb problems, it looks like that line of Laptops > had some problems with (physically) broken USB ports, see this forum > post for example: > > http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/R-and-L-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/R40-USB-2-0-stopped-working/td-p/31760 > > "This has been a common problem on some other ThinkPads, namely T40/41 > units, and amounts to a minor motherboard failure. To the best of my > knowledge, there is no permanent fix to it short of motherboard > replacement. > > You can buy a PCMCIA USB 2.0 card and run your devices from it." buying pcmcia to usb2.0 only for update my ben? it's nonsense to me. IIRC, the wiki said "for update ben, using reflesh_ben.sh is easiest way and is recommended." now I'm now pondering it is really easiest way... > So if your USB port is already partially failing, you might hit the kind > of transmission errors that usb-boot is sensitive to. > > Did you try switching ports? It might be possible to force your USB > port to low-speed (rmmod ehci/uhci or something), maybe that could help? I'd like to try this workaround that changes usb transmission speed. but my ben won't boot now (usb and/or standalone). maybe this new boot problem is caused by the failing update. how can I fix this? Peace, _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
