On 9/9/07, Richard Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > It appears this laptop's USB jacks don't output power sometimes.
> OK
>
> > They weren't making the light on my optical mouse turn on.
> > It appears to work *sometimes*.
> However that can be a power issue or a data issue.... I donno do you have one
> of
> those geeky fans or lights or messagers or ..... something that doesnt use
> data
> just power? how about a voltage meter that you can play with???
>
> > Anyway to fix or replace USB jacks easily on a IBM Thinkpad laptop?
> If its truely a power issue its a quick fix something that can be done in well
> under an hour. even if the connector needs replacing it shouldnt take more.
At the bother of having another couple of external lumps, you could
use a USB hub with its own external power supply.
Note that there is supposed to be an electronic dialog between the USB
device and the host to set the level of current it is allowed to draw.
You can read all about this at Wikipedia.
carl
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