Frankly I would go with what works where it works. But avoid using the front USB ports and if it was my desktop I'd try a new USB 2.0 PCI CARD.
I decline to dive into how USB 2.0 ports work or what could be busted. I've going to stick to how I might solve this.
Bob
I have a ipod video 30 GB. When i plug it into my computer, the battery icon on the top-right of the ipod says charged. This only takes a minute. When I take it off the computer the battery quickly goes down to almost nothing. I have tried restoring and it dosent work. On my laptop, i can charge the ipod, no problem. Is it my computer? how do I fix this? The ipod works fine on my laptop. My brother has an ipod classic which works fine on my computer. I don't know what the problem is. Plz help
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