On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 19:56:22 +0200 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> terryc wrote: > > > The current diagnose is that the front usb ports have failed for > > data. they work fine for power(mobile phone charging), but not for > > data. > > > > Not impressed as the mobo is less than two years old. > > I hope for you and your health that you clean up your home regularly. > Two years is nothing, however I had a situation when some fine > particles get into the usb plug of my mobile and it refused to work, > because it was covering the contact plate. Definitely not the issue. the hovel is late 1940's construction and the major VOC sources are 30+ years old, unless the mobo itself is toxic, but non other of the trio has that problem. I'm coming to the conclusion that a lot of mass produced electronic products suffer from very poor quality soldering and this is probably such a case. FWIW, I experience a VOC issue in the 1990's when i was working User support and the mob I worked for decided to go with the ACER plastic 386(?) computer into a newly buld and furnished tower building. I quickly twigged that various computer failures were down to 'cruft' coating the various contacts and reinserting them a few time would fix the problem. Well before it was documented in the science press. We're still to experience flotsam and jetsum clogging the various min-usbs floating around. The mobile phone spends most of it life packed ina soft cover as it only ever travels when we go on major trips for emergency use. >