perhaps I wasnt clear, or you misunderstood, it was not the age per se but
rather the implied limited number of usb ports in an old motherboard.
It only has two built in plus I added a pci card with another two ports.

"Jonny" <billgates@scampublic.net> wrote in message
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> Apparently, you or your source of information has decided the AGE of the
> PC
> is the limiting factor, which it is not.
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> Jonny
> "frankg" <sorry@stoppingspam.com> wrote in message
> news:viTuf.33958$X25.667196@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
>> If there is not enough power rating (the power supply unit) to support
>> the
>> number of USB devices attached to an older machine, could this lead to
>> corrupt file transfers from a CF camera card (and/or the machine
>> spontaneously rebooting) ?
>>
>> thanks
>> Frank
>>
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