A friend wrote me off list on how I can get another Microsoft free
USB thumb drive to replace the one that blew up because I stuck it in
the wrong port. I wasn't trying to diagnose anything as I just wanted
to give some data via the port.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mysterysolved/corp/default.mspx
Look for the free flash drive on the right hand side.
Must be small, but the price is right...
After one logs in with a MSFT Passport then one has to pass a test
about every ones favorite subject, licensing & their is even an faq
about it. ;-)
Heck, I passed the test so I guess I don't need my MAPS subscription
any more as all those extra licenses are going to waste. <lol>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:34:33 -0500
To: Windows Home/SOHO <[email protected]>
From: Wayne Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soft:USB drivers
At 07:14 AM 2/28/2006, Chuck Andrews typed:
If a thumb drive does not work, the USB ports are inoperative.
Not necessarily.
This is why I consider this the easiest test.
I've also seen where the guy down the street put the power lead on
the wrong connector & it blew out a thumb drive but not where one
could see any damage but the drive was no longer usable in any USB
port on any machine. So if I were to plug in the blown thumb drive
into a USB port I surely couldn't rely on that as being a valid test
of the USB port now could I ?
If one is to use a thumb drive as a diagnostic tool make sure it's a
small cheap one.
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Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com>
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