For a long time, one of the USB ports on my laptop has refused obstinately to work. When I peeked inside, I found that the pins had been forced back inside the computer and were beyond being forced back in the right direction. So I made this little modification:
It’s a four pin female header, the kind you might find sticking up out of a circuit board somewhere. I also put together an adapter, four male header pins soldered to a female USB port. I guess my warranty is void now!
