Re: mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit - correction: problem caused by failing motherboard USB header/port]

2011-12-21 Thread Claude Jones
On 12/21/2011 12:37 PM, Pete Travis wrote: Some USB ports are designed to supply more power than others. It could be the header is functional, but can't supply as much current as the card reader would like. The two headers are side-by-side; somehow, I doubt that one would have greater delive

Re: mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit - correction: problem caused by failing motherboard USB header/port]

2011-12-21 Thread Pete Travis
Some USB ports are designed to supply more power than others. It could be the header is functional, but can't supply as much current as the card reader would like. On Dec 21, 2011 9:37 AM, "Claude Jones" wrote: > On 12/20/2011 5:14 PM, Claude Jones wrote: > >> No one responded on this, but, in c

Re: mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit - correction: problem caused by failing motherboard USB header/port]

2011-12-21 Thread Claude Jones
On 12/20/2011 5:14 PM, Claude Jones wrote: No one responded on this, but, in case someone else has similar problems. The issue was caused by a card reader with three or four different slots in it for various sized cards, plus a USB port. Unplugging if from the machine has cured the problem. Plug