On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 09:15:20 -0800 William Morder via tde-users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry to post off-topic, but this one has me stumped. Has anybody else had a > USB port just fail on them? Well, they're *ports*. They're subject to physical wear and tear. I believe there are clauses in the standard that say they have to be built so that they can support a certain minimum number of device insertions and removals before failure, but it's always possible that you got a dud or someone did a bad soldering job that failed under stress. Before you go tearing into your laptop's guts, though, try booting it from a live CD image just to make absolutely sure that there's nothing "stuck on" in the installed OS somewhere. I don't see how there could be, but it's a simple non-invasive test that eliminates the OS layer as a possible culprit. I assume you've tested the port with other devices to make sure it isn't the combination of that port and that device that's gone sour. I also assume you've tested your external drive with other ports on the laptop. (I ask because I have a USB key that suddenly started refusing to work with my laptop one day while my desktop shows it as perfectly okay. Still haven't figured that one out.) E. Liddell ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
