So I just had a fascinating experience.
>Go to friend's house
>He has an old custom built computer
>Need to move a file from my laptop so I grab a flash drive
>Doesn't work
>Huh, try another flash drive
>Doesn't work
>Try an external hard drive
>Doesn't work
>...starting to dawn on me
>Oh shit
>They're all dead, Jim
And that's how I found out his front panel USB ports were wired backwards with the +5V pin connected to ground.
>>55212508
Install windows 10 to fix it
>hey guys look I'm good with computers XD!!
Ok.
>>55212508
... like flies to the slaughter