From: igeek@nomail.com   
      
   On 22/01/2011 5:32 PM, Jumbo Jack wrote:   
   > "Tim923"  wrote in message   
   > news:ihdaaj$e9l$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >> I had a flash drive in a USB port.  The laptop fell to the floor, bending   
   >> the flash drive.  The flash drive is OK as I bent it back in place.  A   
   >> plastic piece in the USB port popped out, and now the USB port is unusable.   
   >> Can this be fixed.  I think 1 of the wires that stick out of the USB port   
   >> is bent out of place a little bit.   
   >>   
   >> I think if I could get that black plastic piece back and inserted properly   
   >> with the wires it would work.   
   >>   
   >   
   > If it is a piece about 5mm or am square the tongue that holds/supports the   
   > contacts. The port is useless without it.   
   >   
   >   
   You could glue the piece back in if you can find it.   
      
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