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can a mouse do this??
Just had a system returned within an hour of pick up...
customer said there was problems with the mouse - so I hooked up the pc to find it wasnt recognising the hard drive - pulled then reattached hd ribbon cables etc - alls now fine and the drive is recognised ... just looked at the ps/2 mouse he brought back ( i used a different one to test it)and the plug and pins are in a right old state .. obviously been forced in the wrong way... so the question is.. would forcing the plugs in like that affect the HD in some way? the cd-rom and floppy drives seem to be fine enough.... |
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It might but I don't think so....
rochyy wrote: Just had a system returned within an hour of pick up... customer said there was problems with the mouse - so I hooked up the pc to find it wasnt recognising the hard drive - pulled then reattached hd ribbon cables etc - alls now fine and the drive is recognised ... just looked at the ps/2 mouse he brought back ( i used a different one to test it)and the plug and pins are in a right old state .. obviously been forced in the wrong way... so the question is.. would forcing the plugs in like that affect the HD in some way? the cd-rom and floppy drives seem to be fine enough.... |
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I've had a sketch PS/2 mouse cause random reboots during hardware detection,
but thats about it. Maybe it got knocked around during transport? Maybe the client tried "persauding" the connector with a little weighted help? Maybe the client cracked the case to peer inside after getting it back to make sure "everything looked good"? "rochyy" wrote in message ... Just had a system returned within an hour of pick up... customer said there was problems with the mouse - so I hooked up the pc to find it wasnt recognising the hard drive - pulled then reattached hd ribbon cables etc - alls now fine and the drive is recognised ... just looked at the ps/2 mouse he brought back ( i used a different one to test it)and the plug and pins are in a right old state .. obviously been forced in the wrong way... so the question is.. would forcing the plugs in like that affect the HD in some way? the cd-rom and floppy drives seem to be fine enough.... |
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Interesting, I have both a cordless and PS2 mouse connected, the latter as
the cordless is too slow for some things. No problems, both exist at the same time and, in situtations where the sys begins to freez and not recognise things, the USB mouse is us but the PS2 OK. Eddie "rochyy" wrote in message ... Just had a system returned within an hour of pick up... customer said there was problems with the mouse - so I hooked up the pc to find it wasnt recognising the hard drive - pulled then reattached hd ribbon cables etc - alls now fine and the drive is recognised ... just looked at the ps/2 mouse he brought back ( i used a different one to test it)and the plug and pins are in a right old state .. obviously been forced in the wrong way... so the question is.. would forcing the plugs in like that affect the HD in some way? the cd-rom and floppy drives seem to be fine enough.... |
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rochyy wrote:
Just had a system returned within an hour of pick up... customer said there was problems with the mouse - so I hooked up the pc to find it wasnt recognising the hard drive - pulled then reattached hd ribbon cables etc - alls now fine and the drive is recognised ... just looked at the ps/2 mouse he brought back ( i used a different one to test it)and the plug and pins are in a right old state .. obviously been forced in the wrong way... so the question is.. would forcing the plugs in like that affect the HD in some way? the cd-rom and floppy drives seem to be fine enough.... Sounds like the guy opened it up and fartsed around after he busted the mouse. -- Are you registered as a bone marrow donor? You regenerate what you donate. You are offered the chance to donate only if you match a person on the recipient list. Visit www.marrow.org or call your local Red Cross and ask about registering to be a bone marrow donor. spam trap: replace shyah_right! with hotmail when replying |
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No definately wasnt opened... I put warranty void stickers on the case
screws. maybe it got knocked I dunno - would have had to been quick a serious knock though and all looked fine... "spodosaurus" wrote in message ... rochyy wrote: Just had a system returned within an hour of pick up... customer said there was problems with the mouse - so I hooked up the pc to find it wasnt recognising the hard drive - pulled then reattached hd ribbon cables etc - alls now fine and the drive is recognised ... just looked at the ps/2 mouse he brought back ( i used a different one to test it)and the plug and pins are in a right old state .. obviously been forced in the wrong way... so the question is.. would forcing the plugs in like that affect the HD in some way? the cd-rom and floppy drives seem to be fine enough.... Sounds like the guy opened it up and fartsed around after he busted the mouse. -- Are you registered as a bone marrow donor? You regenerate what you donate. You are offered the chance to donate only if you match a person on the recipient list. Visit www.marrow.org or call your local Red Cross and ask about registering to be a bone marrow donor. spam trap: replace shyah_right! with hotmail when replying |
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