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Hi all, I put an USB cardreader into my Linux laptop. There was no card in the reader. The moment I put the cardreader into the micro-USB-slot, the screen went black, the fan started to work like crazy, and some seconds later, the machine was dead. On the laptop was running a Debian. This laptop was rather old, and I first thought that it just died “normally”. So I took a brand new other laptop, with a fresh, never used Windows-install on it. Turned it on, put the card-reader with no card in it into the micor-USB-slot. And yes, the laptop died immediately. No screen, no way to turn it on. So my best guess is that the card-reader is either faulty, rotten or manipulated. Therefore, I took it apart, but can’t judge from what I see if this is a USB-Killer or not. What’s your opinions on this? Bad luck, overly paranoid or really something wrong? submitted by /u/NetAtraX |
