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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:49:47
Message-Id: CAEH5T2N=ivY4NW8Fuo5N=hUWc7LmGt3cjw4T0xfBuac-wRSZgA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test by Peter Humphrey
1 On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Peter Humphrey
2 <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote:
3 > On Thursday 18 August 2011 23:46:30 Paul Hartman wrote:
4 >
5 >>  I saw that one of the pins on the port was bent inward on itself, so it
6 >>  never made contact when I plugged devices into it.
7 >
8 > And when you tried to straighten it, it broke off, no? That's been my
9 > experience.
10
11 It was bent in such an awkward way that I couldn't get it to move...
12 I'm sure it would have snapped off if I did, though. Luckily, it was a
13 port on the case, not the motherboard, and the front panel was modular
14 -- so the manufacturer (Antec) sent me a new one free of charge.