[Tfug] USB bugaboo on Thinkpads

[John Karns]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:42 PM, James Hood <ebenblues at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The problem I'm seeing is no access to
>> connected devices, although the port does seem to be supplying power
>> to the device.
>
> I have a T42p and haven't experienced any of my USB ports getting fried like
> you describe, but recently I got a USB flash drive and if I plug it in with
> XP running, nothing happens. If I reboot into ubuntu on the same machine, it
> works perfectly. My USB printer still works fine in XP. Are you sure the
> hardware's toast?

AFAICT it is.  Can't get it to recognize any USB devices.  Also tested
under WXP, with same result.
I will continue testing as I think of things to try though.

-- 
John