on 2/4/03 12:07 PM, Richard Clark at mawgadog at tin.it wrote: > Well first my usb external cd/rw fried itself it was plugged into a hub > which awas plugged directly into the cube, and now my usb ports on my > lcd monitor stopped working any ideas? > Yahoo: ozzy_wells > ICQ: 115390002 > email: mawgadog at tin.it > I was told by a Keyspan tech that their USB Hub was one of the only ones that will protect from that kind of problem. It costs (approx) $34 versus $6 but maybe it might have helped. (day late and a dollar short, I know...) Julian