[Tfug] USB bugaboo on Thinkpads

[eric christian]

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:06:38 -0700
> From: Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] USB bugaboo on Thinkpads
> To: tfug at tfug.org
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> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:16:00PM -0700, John Karns wrote:
>   
>> Just thought I'd throw out a warning here for the TP users here who
>> may not be aware of a common issue with the USB ports on various IBM /
>> Lenovo models.  I didn't find out until after experiencing the problem
>> first hand, and wish I'd known about it before.  I have a T42, but the
>> problem seems to affect many T series models, including some T6x.
>>     
>
> Assuming that this is the same problem that my notebook suffers, this
> is a known problem in the community.  I don't know if current
> ThinkPads also suffer.  It's not actually the USB ports but, rather,
> something in the motherboard.  USB1 works but USB2 doesn't.  I tried
> (and failed) to get IBM to replace the motherboard so my eventual
> solution was to simply disable USB2, falling back to USB1.  Not a big
> deal for me as I don't use USB peripherals much but maybe a deal
> breaker for others.
>
>   
My Fujitsu Siemens notebook won't boot if a USB-mem-stick is attatched...
Eric