January 16, 2003
Weirdness abounds
Well, the dumbest thing happened.
Since I started using my computer system (back when it still belonged to my past employer, who I purchased it from), probably 3 years, screensavers, and power management have never worked. They would come on momentarily and then suddenly switch off. I tried countless things, flashing the BIOS, formatting harddrive, installing new OS, pissing around with power management settings....
Well recently I installed Mandrake, and noticed that at odd intervals I'd get a ` on the screen... and if you went away from the keyboard there would be a few of them.
Well I'm at work the next day and I think "HEY! Stuck key! I can just replace the keyboard" So I bought a $10 keyboard at FutureShop , installed it... and VOILA! Screensaver works, sleep mode works, etc. etc.
It's amazing the little things you miss.
Posted by Oorgo at January 16, 2003 01:26 PM|
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