Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-25 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:


 been here the whole day since around 09.00.  one question since the
 guy who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft
 instead of 6.  my question:  Do any of you know if I can just buy
 kvm cables... of say 6ft?  it's a trendnet TK-409K.


 #2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what
 the tech found.  anybody care to reply to either point??

 tx very tmuch

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Hi Gary,

I don't recall a burn-out issue like that with a USB port, except maybe on
a notebook one time.. but I've recently seen some mobo mfgs advertising
'ESD resistant USB ports'. So I suppose that's been an issue...

Waitman Gobble
San Jose California USA
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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-25 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 09:05:39AM -0700, Waitman Gobble wrote:
 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:05:39 -0700
 From: Waitman Gobble gobble...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: RRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]
 To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
 
 On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 
 
  been here the whole day since around 09.00.  one question since the
  guy who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft
  instead of 6.  my question:  Do any of you know if I can just buy
  kvm cables... of say 6ft?  it's a trendnet TK-409K.
 
 
  #2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what
  the tech found.  anybody care to reply to either point??
 
  tx very tmuch
 
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 Hi Gary,
 
 I don't recall a burn-out issue like that with a USB port, except maybe on
 a notebook one time.. but I've recently seen some mobo mfgs advertising
 'ESD resistant USB ports'. So I suppose that's been an issue...
 
 Waitman Gobble
 San Jose California USA


tx for the datapoint.   a friend in Dallas thinks the USB
ports are good and that it's a cabling isssue.  the tech is
self-taught.  that might be as good a way of learning about
computer hardware... .  

I may not have to buy a new/refurb computer.  the tech is
thinking of coming back tomorrow {sunday} to make sure about
the cables.  he inserted the USB plugs *by feel*.  blew me
away.


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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-25 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 25 Aug 2012 at 11:28, Gary Kline wrote:

   tx for the datapoint. 

Datapoint is a computer company, and TX is correct, since it's in San 
Antonio.  We 
marketed the first personal computer, the Datapoint 2200.  (That will likely 
start an 
argument, though it wasn't really intended to.)



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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-25 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Aug 25, 2012 11:28 AM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:

 On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 09:05:39AM -0700, Waitman Gobble wrote:
  Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:05:39 -0700
  From: Waitman Gobble gobble...@gmail.com
  Subject: Re: RRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]
  To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
 
  On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 
  
   been here the whole day since around 09.00.  one question since the
   guy who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft
   instead of 6.  my question:  Do any of you know if I can just buy
   kvm cables... of say 6ft?  it's a trendnet TK-409K.
  
  
   #2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what
   the tech found.  anybody care to reply to either point??
  
   tx very tmuch
  
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  Hi Gary,
 
  I don't recall a burn-out issue like that with a USB port, except maybe
on
  a notebook one time.. but I've recently seen some mobo mfgs advertising
  'ESD resistant USB ports'. So I suppose that's been an issue...
 
  Waitman Gobble
  San Jose California USA


 tx for the datapoint.   a friend in Dallas thinks the USB
 ports are good and that it's a cabling isssue.  the tech is
 self-taught.  that might be as good a way of learning about
 computer hardware... .

 I may not have to buy a new/refurb computer.  the tech is
 thinking of coming back tomorrow {sunday} to make sure about
 the cables.  he inserted the USB plugs *by feel*.  blew me
 away.


 --
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Unix
   Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.


The hard stuff is like don't sweat on the motherboard and capacitors can
shock you. The rest is pretty easy to learn, I think.

Waitman Gobble
San Jose California
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AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Kline

been here the whole day since around 09.00.  one question since the
guy who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft
instead of 6.  my question:  Do any of you know if I can just buy
kvm cables... of say 6ft?  it's a trendnet TK-409K.


#2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what
the tech found.  anybody care to reply to either point??

tx very tmuch

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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-24 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 24 Aug 2012 at 17:52, Gary Kline wrote:

 been here the whole day since around 09.00.  one question since the guy
 who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft instead
 of 6.  my question:  Do any of you know if I can just buy kvm cables...
 of say 6ft?  it's a trendnet TK-409K. 

KVM cables are generally pretty standard critters, though there are several 
types.  You 
could probably just do a Google search, but I can tell you that NewEgg has a 
variety of 
them.



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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-24 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi,

On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:52:53 -0700
Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:

 #2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what
 the tech found.  anybody care to reply to either point??
 
every electrical or electronic device can burn out. I would check the
hardware directly connected to the affected port. Especially the
motherboard if it is a built-in one.

Erich
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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-24 Thread Al Plant

Gary Kline wrote:

been here the whole day since around 09.00.  one question since the
guy who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft
instead of 6.  my question:  Do any of you know if I can just buy
kvm cables... of say 6ft?  it's a trendnet TK-409K.


#2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what
the tech found.  anybody care to reply to either point??

tx very tmuch


Aloha Gary,

Check pccables.com thats where I got mine. 6 foot.



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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 08:39:29AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote:
 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:39:29 +0700
 From: Erich Dollansky erichfreebsdl...@ovitrap.com
 Subject: Re: RRRgghhh-h-h.  [[tooo tired]]
 To: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org
 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0)
 
 Hi,
 
 On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:52:53 -0700
 Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 
  #2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what
  the tech found.  anybody care to reply to either point??
  
 every electrical or electronic device can burn out. I would check the
 hardware directly connected to the affected port. Especially the
 motherboard if it is a built-in one.

the tech tried every USB port; none responded.  the motherbd 
was a drop-in since the box was oeiginally a 2.75GHz
single-proc bare-bones from 2005.

gary

ps: I have two copies of everything so just d/loaded Fedora.
see if that reactivates the ports.
 
 Erich

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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 08:00:05PM -0500, Jerry Dunham wrote:
 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:00:05 -0500
 From: Jerry Dunham jdun...@texas.net
 Subject: Re: RRRgghhh-h-h.  [[tooo tired]]
 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
 Cc: 
 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.63)
 
 On 24 Aug 2012 at 17:52, Gary Kline wrote:
 
  been here the whole day since around 09.00.  one question since the guy
  who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft instead
  of 6.  my question:  Do any of you know if I can just buy kvm cables...
  of say 6ft?  it's a trendnet TK-409K. 
 
 KVM cables are generally pretty standard critters, though there are several 
 types.  You 
 could probably just do a Google search, but I can tell you that NewEgg has a 
 variety of 
 them.
 
 

wow! outstanding.  thanks.

gary

 
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Re: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 04:08:56PM -1000, Al Plant wrote:
 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:08:56 -1000
 From: Al Plant n...@hdk5.net
 Subject: Re: RRRgghhh-h-h.  [[tooo tired]]
 To: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org
 CC: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
 
 Gary Kline wrote:
 been here the whole day since around 09.00.  one question since the
 guy who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft
 instead of 6.  my question:  Do any of you know if I can just buy
 kvm cables... of say 6ft?  it's a trendnet TK-409K.
 
 
 #2:: I have no idea how a USB port could burn out, but that's what
 the tech found.  anybody care to reply to either point??
 
 tx very tmuch
 
 Aloha Gary,
 
 Check pccables.com thats where I got mine. 6 foot.


YES!  

Aloha!!

 
 
 
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