No USB ports - worth fixing?

paulpingpong · 12-26-2007, 07:40 AM

Without any success in all attempts to revive the non-functioning USB ports, I went for the bing restore. No luck, still cannot see flash drive, external hard drive etc. So It does not seem to be a software or driver issue. Look like a hardware problem. Is it possible and cost effective to sent to the repair shop? It's a basement level 2-year old Toshiba A100, Celeron M 1.5, 256 RAM, 60G hard drive. Paid $600. Latest ads have $400 laptops with way better specs. Without USB ports I can't do most of my usual stuff. Opinions!

atomic tofu · 12-26-2007, 07:53 PM

unless you are rich and it's very brand new and expensive...and unless you are very rich (yes I said that twice) don't send to repair shops.

are you sure your usb ports are dead? have you tried running a program like "siw"
Live Search: siw gtopala

tried this too?
USB.org - Tools

if all else fails and you have the interface/slot for it, you could buy a usb card
ExpressCard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

12-26-2007, 07:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
paulpingpong Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31	No USB ports - worth fixing? Without any success in all attempts to revive the non-functioning USB ports, I went for the bing restore. No luck, still cannot see flash drive, external hard drive etc. So It does not seem to be a software or driver issue. Look like a hardware problem. Is it possible and cost effective to sent to the repair shop? It's a basement level 2-year old Toshiba A100, Celeron M 1.5, 256 RAM, 60G hard drive. Paid $600. Latest ads have $400 laptops with way better specs. Without USB ports I can't do most of my usual stuff. Opinions!

12-26-2007, 07:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
atomic tofu Normal average person Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,493	Re: No USB ports - worth fixing? unless you are rich and it's very brand new and expensive...and unless you are very rich (yes I said that twice) don't send to repair shops. are you sure your usb ports are dead? have you tried running a program like "siw" Live Search: siw gtopala tried this too? USB.org - Tools if all else fails and you have the interface/slot for it, you could buy a usb card ExpressCard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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