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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.
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.
Thanks, amych. I'll send an email to the profile addy.
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?
Hmm, I'll check that out too, tommy.
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.
And the radio shack ones are crap.
Try one of these Full Compass (If you call ask for Martin Vire, he's my sales rep and a greay guy), Musician's Friend, or Zzounds.
Don't fall for any of the monster cable bullshit. For premade cables you can usually get good quality ones for $15 to $20 for a 25' cable. Whirlwind is good, Mogami is good. Neutrik connectors are preferred.
Sounds like an electric sharpener that does not conform to FCC interference rules.
The company had the electric sharpener long before we even bought our original TRS-80. We have power problems in that end of the building. Their laser printer/fax machine is also triggering the alerts, although not as reliably as the sharpener.
I read somewhere that salespeople at electronics stores get huge commisions for selling Monster cables - more than they get from selling the electronic devices that use them.