bought my daughter a netbook at christmas with no cd drive so bought seperate one to plug into the usb plugs when we put into the usb they broke . partner has chucked receipt away so will have to pay . does any one have idea how much would be . its a acer one aspire windows 7 its one of those mini things she has only one usb working on it now
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broken usb ports
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Mr X
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When you say the USB port is broken, do you mean that you physically can't plug anything into it, or that it doesn't respond when you plug the drive into it?
If it's physically broken (as I think you mean), is it that the port is simply dislodged (has been forced through the laptop's case), or is is mis-shapen/snapped?
In the short term (as Gramaisc suggested), you could buy a USB hub to keep using the remaining port, but you might need to make sure it's a high-speed/USB 2.0 hub otherwise the CD drive may not function properly.
If it's physically broken (as I think you mean), is it that the port is simply dislodged (has been forced through the laptop's case), or is is mis-shapen/snapped?
In the short term (as Gramaisc suggested), you could buy a USB hub to keep using the remaining port, but you might need to make sure it's a high-speed/USB 2.0 hub otherwise the CD drive may not function properly.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
I've fixed ones broken from the motherboard before, its a time consuming job! Stafford Computers may be able to do it, but expect to pay as the strip down/rebuild time takes a while.
wmrcomputers
Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
If it's resolderable, I would charge £30 (like tek says it's a fiddly job).
The USB ports are USB 2.0 though, so no reason why you couldn't save money by using a hub. Just make sure its a usb 2 hub you buy (the ones in poundland are only USB 1)
The USB ports are USB 2.0 though, so no reason why you couldn't save money by using a hub. Just make sure its a usb 2 hub you buy (the ones in poundland are only USB 1)
wmrcomputers
Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
a very good point if you have a home desktop PC that's usually turned on most of the time anyway. My kids all use itunes on their netbooks which only have small 16Gb static hard drives, but they still get access to 60Gb worth of music (and counting) whenever they want.
Also, if it's for simple things like music, have you considered using a USB memory stick to transfer the files over from a desktop PC onto their hard drive, then it could be removed while they can still play the music and the USB socket is free again for other things.
Also, if it's for simple things like music, have you considered using a USB memory stick to transfer the files over from a desktop PC onto their hard drive, then it could be removed while they can still play the music and the USB socket is free again for other things.