In my really weird hardware news of the day, one of our customer service people just demonstrated to me that sharpening a pencil in our electric pencil sharpener causes her computer to generate a message that the network cable is unplugged.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
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DXMachina - Oct 13, 2005 9:25:24 am PDT #5032 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
tommyrot - Oct 13, 2005 9:26:42 am PDT #5033 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sean, all I can suggest is go into Control Panel/System Properties/Hardware/Device Manager. Look at Keyboards and Mice (click the plus signs), right click and select "properties" and see if you can find any useful messages/errors, etc.
Um... of course, I don't know how you could test for errors if you're using USB and that's working. Maybe get a second keyboard and mouse and plug all four in, two USB and two regular, and then do the above lookup.
Sean K - Oct 13, 2005 9:38:28 am PDT #5034 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thanks guys. I'm sorry to bug, I was just feeling a little blinvisible next to all the very shiny Mac toys.
Sean, the one time that happened to me it meant replacing the MB.
Ugh. I hope not. I mean, eventually I'd like to replace the computer, but that is a looooong way off at the moment. Hell, even a super cheapo USB hub is straining the budget.
Sean K - Oct 13, 2005 9:40:07 am PDT #5035 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
one of our customer service people just demonstrated to me that sharpening a pencil in our electric pencil sharpener causes her computer to generate a message that the network cable is unplugged.
Sounds like an electric sharpener that does not conform to FCC interference rules.
tommyrot - Oct 13, 2005 9:40:08 am PDT #5036 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
amych - Oct 13, 2005 9:40:52 am PDT #5037 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sean, I might (unless it got purged for Discardia -- I'll have to check when I get home tonight) have a hub that I'm not using any more. It's yours if you want it.
Sean K - Oct 13, 2005 9:48:59 am PDT #5038 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thanks, amych. I'll send an email to the profile addy.
tommyrot - Oct 13, 2005 9:51:17 am PDT #5039 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, this is a shot-in-the-dark for Sean, but are there any BIOS settings re: PS/2 keyboard and mouse that are changeable?
Sean K - Oct 13, 2005 9:56:28 am PDT #5040 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hmm, I'll check that out too, tommy.
Jessica - Oct 13, 2005 10:03:31 am PDT #5041 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ND (or other sound people), where's a good place to buy XLR cables online? (Or offline, if they have a phone #.)
RadioShack carries them, but the prices seem really high to me.