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Richard Fish wrote: |
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>I would bet a write-protect switch got flipped. Otherwise, yes, i |
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>think you have to replace it. I can't imagine how the other guy could |
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>have damaged it from your description of the events though. |
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>-Richard |
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You might want to try it on another computer before giving it up for lost. |
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Might even want to try it with *gasp - I can't believe I'm saying this* |
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windows. |
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I did manage to fry a USB port on my motherboard one night. It was |
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dark, I was |
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plugging a memory stick in the front connector, kind of a awkward reach. |
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Tried to insert it upside down. Apparently the stick's case shorted the |
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port's |
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pins. Soft crack sound. Whiff of burnt electronics. Sigh. |
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Point is that the USB ports are not fool proof. |
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- Roy |
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