Re: laptop serial port

[Matt Ion <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx>]

SMS wrote:
> Matt Ion wrote:
>
>> I've run into a couple machines recently that the PS/2 ports have
>> simply stopped working on... these little gems have saved the day.
>
>
> Often the picofuse on the +5V line will blow. It's replaceable if you're
> good at soldering.

There is that... but $25 for an adapter is a lot cheaper and easier than an hour
or more of my time to pull all the cards, remove the board, desolder one fuse,
find an appropriate replacement, solder it back in, and reassemble everything,
and pray that that was the actual fix :)