If it is a hardware issue, you will need a new system board inside of the computer. All of the ports are part of that board, and cant be swapped typically. If one works and another doesn't, I would say that it is dead and need a replacement.
Brian O'Neal On Apr 7, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > Thanks, Brian, I have a hub on my iMac, because I have so many > jugglers hanging on, but here i am speaking about the two built-in > sockets of the powerbook, one of which isn't working anymore since I > woke the computer up this morning. It would be nice if one could fix > it inside the PB. Maybe Ward can have his say in here, I do have the > protection plan from Apple, but of course most things that go wrong > are never covered. > Marta > On Apr 7, 2004, at 10:20, Brian wrote: > >> You can buy a USB hub. You plug it into on port and it has four ports >> that you can use. >> I dont have any recommendations one which to buy. >> >> Brian O'Neal >> >> >> >> On Apr 7, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Marta Edie PB wrote: >> >>> Hi you tech people, >>> One of my USB sockets in my powerbook has given up the ghost, I >>> noticed it first, when my wireless mouse did not work anymore. I >>> then plugged it into the second socket, and it worked. Selfsame with >>> trying to sync my palm. Only works with No 2. Suggestions? I need >>> two sockets, so I won't have to do the plug-in pull- out dance, And >>> I need the mouse while other operations are going on. >>> Marta -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1485 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040407/4d133b98/attachment.bin
