FallN

I have a laptop... if the motherboard goes, I'm up Sh!t Creek without a paddle.

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HP iPaq hw6945
Dell Axim X30 High
Think Outside Bluetooth Keyboard
Think Outside Bluetooth Mouse
SanDisk 1GB SD Card
SanDisk 256MB SD Card
2 x Dell 950 Battery
SiPix Pocket Printer
2 x Sena Leather Case
Sumdex 4-in-1 Stylus
HP iPaq h6315 (SOLD)
Dell Axim X3i Advance (SOLD)
Dell Foldable Keyboard (SOLD)
RhinoSkin Aluminum Case (SOLD)
Piel Frama Leather Case (SOLD)
Krusell Leather Case (SOLD)
Dell 1800 Battery (SOLD)
Dell Screen Protectors (SOLD)
Boxwave ClearTouch Crystal (DEFECTIVE)

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The usb controllers on 2 Asus P4C800-e motherboards were fried - however the boards still worked. The first rebooted randomly after the ports fried - the second seemed to work okay (if you call non-functioning usb ports okay, that is <g>). Another poster on these forums reported that 2 motherboard were rendered completely non-functional. No one that I have seen has had problems with the sync cable. For those who write this off to user error - think about it: the end user is more likely to screw up forcing a sync cable in the wrong way than screwing up with a cradle. As I have mentioned before, I have never seen so many reports of usb ports rendered nonfunctional with any other pocket pc I have owned since I joined and started following the pocket pc scene approximately 5 years ago.

mwhitmwhit

Originally Posted by Kez_136

And I too am also scared... does it fry just the USB? or the entire damn mobo?

Mine's caused two failures of my HP workstation at work. The IT guys said power supply and mb the first time. The second is still pending. I hope to know more when I return to work tomorrow.

--Mike

mwhitmwhit

Originally Posted by 624axim

All I have to say if you are firing your PC, it's all an Operator error!!!!

BS

I had a Handspring for over 2 years used hotsync cradle multiple times every day.

Got Axim X50V and fried (or fired in your case) HP workstation twice in two weeks. It's a hardware problem. Merry Christmas to me

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Originally Posted by mwhitmwhit

BS I had a Handspring for over 2 years used hotsync cradle multiple times every day. Got Axim X50V and fried (or fired in your case) HP workstation twice in two weeks. It's a hardware problem. Merry Christmas to me

Kind of makes your blood boil, huh? It's not as though placing a pocket pc into a cradle requires any special skill. Fortunately, with my replacement cradle, everything has worked fine for close to 3 weeks now. I am waiting for Asus to send me back the first of the two fried motherboards. Dell's CS Manager is trying to pretend I don't exist. I will continue harrassing her on Tuesday. :)

operator1

How do you sync via wifi? I'd rather do that for convienience.

cheers

p.s. So far so good w my notebook w usb going on 4 weeks. (knock on wood)

pocketmon

I bought a bluetooth adapter last week and i recommend that to people for syncing. But in transferring larger files then bluetooth just stinks. So while i did find a workaround, in the end then i think this is just too much work and worry for something that shouldnt have any problems. My Ax is on its way back to dell and im back to running my 4 year old PPC that never gave me any problems.