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Fried My USB Flash Drive

Posted on by Bob Barcus

Even the best computer repair gurus can get caught off-guard when the unexpected happens. This morning, I fried a Lexar USB thumb drive when I inserted it into the front USB port on a computer system. The ensuing spark gave a whole new meaning to the term “flash drive.”

Why I Love USB

Posted on by Bob Barcus

I’ve been using computers for more than 25 years, so I’ve seen lots of innovations in that period of time. I’ve worked with a host of computer connection technologies – everything from networks to SCSI. But when USB (Universal Serial Bus) came out in the mid-1990′s, the game began to change. USB has to be [...]