Re: reading USB port on old Thinkpad
On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, ZephyrQ wrote:
> mix/edit/burn on my home machine. It has a USB port, but I've tried a
> few things (including some BIOS settings) and I can't get it to read my
> thumb drives (they work on all other machines, including the linux
> ones). It does not have a cd-burner on it and I've tried to use the
It is old enough that it could be USB 1.0. Not many stuff nowadays
will work with it, but you can buy an CardBus or PCMCIA card with USB
1.1 or USB 2.0 ports cheaply. Does your thinkpad have a working
CardBus/PCMCIA slot?
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