From steinway_p at yahoo.com Wed Nov 1 06:38:51 2006 From: steinway_p at yahoo.com (Jimmy) Date: Wed Nov 1 06:41:13 2006 Subject: [macosx-unix] bad usb ports on ibook g4 Message-ID: <20061101113851.58117.qmail@web33604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi, I just had a hardware question, not too related to the list, but just wanted to throw it out, because it's been wracking my brain. I've got a 12" ibook G4 1.2ghz. the usb ports appear to been blown--they just stopped working one day. I installed the usb polling software from Apple, and it doesn't detect any of my peripherals whenever I plug them in. One of the two ports appears to have power (powers a little usb led I have), but neither can read my usb memory stick. It's out of warranty, and I was wondering if there are any DIY options to replacing them. I think if I took it to the store, they'll have to replace my entire logic board, which costs $500+. Thanks! --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://beth.easthouston.org/pipermail/macosx-unix/attachments/20061101/b83adc18/attachment.html From harlanbrown at gmail.com Wed Nov 1 07:12:18 2006 From: harlanbrown at gmail.com (Harlan Brown) Date: Wed Nov 1 07:14:43 2006 Subject: [macosx-unix] bad usb ports on ibook g4 In-Reply-To: <20061101113851.58117.qmail@web33604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20061101113851.58117.qmail@web33604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8f8cfb470611010412g2c2d3361r4c09e9af8a825d8d@mail.gmail.com> Hi, Ports and controller are soldered on, typically. So if you are sure that the hardware is blown, only recourse is to replace the logic board. On 11/1/06, Jimmy wrote: > > Hi, > > I just had a hardware question, not too related to the list, but just > wanted to throw it out, because it's been wracking my brain. > > I've got a 12" ibook G4 1.2ghz. the usb ports appear to been blown--they > just stopped working one day. I installed the usb polling software from > Apple, and it doesn't detect any of my peripherals whenever I plug them in. > One of the two ports appears to have power (powers a little usb led I have), > but neither can read my usb memory stick. > > It's out of warranty, and I was wondering if there are any DIY options to > replacing them. I think if I took it to the store, they'll have to replace > my entire logic board, which costs $500+. > > Thanks! > > ------------------------------ > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > > > _______________________________________________ > macosx-unix mailing list > macosx-unix@lesmuug.org > http://lesmuug.org/mailman/listinfo/macosx-unix > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://beth.easthouston.org/pipermail/macosx-unix/attachments/20061101/ae66205a/attachment.html