Honey I blew up the USB ports

[jdow]

From: "Robert F. Chapman" <robert_chapman at maximhq.com>

> On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 16:40 -0500, Joe Smith wrote:
>> I plugged my USB memory stick in the other night, and instantly froze my
>> FC5 system. I mean bang--dead.
>>
>> The reboot went fine, journals all recovered fine (Nice!), but the
>> system no longer responds to any device plugged in. No kernel messages
>> at all. The stick still works in other computers, and the ports still
>> don't work if I reboot into that other OS, so it sure looks like my USB
>> ports are gone.
>>
>> All the kernel messages on bootup look ok, same as usual, no errors.
>>
>> Anyone else have this happen?
>>
>> Anything else I might try?
>>
>> Anything I should look for when buying an add-on card?
>>
>> <Joe
>>
>
> I haven't seen this issue before.  More info would help.
>
> Motherboard: manufacturer/model/BIOS version
> USB mem stick: manufacturer/model
> Kernel version etc...

Heh, relative humidity and static electricity voltage might also make a
difference.

That sure sounds like he plugged in when there was a huge static potential
between him with the memory stick and the computer.
{^_^}