Recover apparently dead USB ports

Nov 03, '06 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: BrentT

The front USB port of my dual 2.0 gHz G5 desktop seemed to go dead. Flash drives would blink once and not mount. System profiler would show nothing in the port. A discussion on an Apple hardware forum had the solution: shut down the desktop and unplug the power cord for 30 minutes. Restart with nothing connected, then connect each USB component. I tried it and I found all the ports working again!

[kirkmc adds: You never know... I guess this has something to do with letting the capacitors somewhere inside the Mac lose their power...]

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