Your board is relatively safe for flash memory devices, used briefly. The problem arises when USB devices use the computer for their operating power... cameras, external drives of various types, audio relays... acquire their power for operation through USB ports - which are considered normal uses of USB ports.
There are not any satisfactory backward compatible USB devices on laptops, though on desktops one can install a four or six port USB 2.0 drive in a PCI slot. RB ----- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. ..... ...... ..... ...... ....... ........ Isaac Asimov On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 4:28 AM, trotter <m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > Hello, > > I was reading on another email group that you can add a USB2 port to old > laptops with a cardbus interface. > > Since the x30 has only usb1 I was thinking of getting one. > However on the same email group user recommended that a interface with a > power brick was used as usb2 with some devices attached can burn out the > motherboard. > > I have searched for a cardbus with a power adaptor bus i can not find one. > > Has anyone come across them? > > Is it really necessary to have the power brick for flash drives being > plugged in? > > Thanks for your time > > Martin N > > > Owner of the bwfc yahoogroup and Co-Moderator of MiniDisc and amithlonopen > yahoo groups. > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > Thinkpad@stderr.org > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
