My keyboard randomly stops working. OK, that's ok, I figure I can get a new keyboard eventually. This happened on another computer once before. At this point I've switched mobos and power supplies so I ruled out those... But now I'm starting to have second thoughts. My mouse suddenly dissapeared. It was EXACTLY like the keyboard failure. I unplug it and plug it back in, and magically it works again. That is insanely frustrating when it keeps happening. However this is the first time for the mouse. The keyboard thing has happened for a long long time. Sometimes it goes a week without dying, sometimes it dies 3 times in twenty minutes.
Should I unplug my computer and leave it unplugged, before I go insane? Yesterday I felt like smashing this keyboard to bits. If I had a backup or a new keyboard, I WOULD have.
Now the MOUSE, on top of it? If nothing like this had ever happened I'd have said, OK, I dropped the mouse a few times, it seemed to work fine but maybe there was damage. But when the SAME FREAKING THING happens with the mouse AND keyboard.. grrr. And why would the mouse JUST start NOW?
Another thing... I got a shock yesterday. I reached to replug the keyboard, I didn't actually touch the comp (at least I didn't think I did), and I got a shock! I was getting shocked by all kinds of things that day. That happened once before, which made the sound stop working. This time it didn't apparently do anything.
Last time I checked, reliable computer hardware (last time I checked, LiteOn and Logitech WERE reliable, and mouse/keyboards don't typically get faulty) was not supposed to randomly cease functioning. Should I do something before I go insane? What do you guys suggest? What would you diagnose as the problem?
Otherwise the system works perfectly, been on for weeks (months?) running 2K. It's a cheapo K7S5A mobo, some 300w PS. My bro also has a K7S5A and the same typical generic case/PS and he has no probs. Thing is, I don't want to spend on new mouse/keyboard just to realize it STILL happens. And I don't wanna buy a new mobo/case/ps just to discover the keyboard was defective afterall. If I move the keyboard to test, what if it works fine for a bit so I suspect it's not faulty, yet it actually turns out to be faulty?
Dammit...
Should I just avoid my computer till I'm out of college (except when I NEED to use it for an assignment. which should be rare to never)?
Need some ideas..
Thanks.
-RSI
Should I unplug my computer and leave it unplugged, before I go insane? Yesterday I felt like smashing this keyboard to bits. If I had a backup or a new keyboard, I WOULD have.
Now the MOUSE, on top of it? If nothing like this had ever happened I'd have said, OK, I dropped the mouse a few times, it seemed to work fine but maybe there was damage. But when the SAME FREAKING THING happens with the mouse AND keyboard.. grrr. And why would the mouse JUST start NOW?
Another thing... I got a shock yesterday. I reached to replug the keyboard, I didn't actually touch the comp (at least I didn't think I did), and I got a shock! I was getting shocked by all kinds of things that day. That happened once before, which made the sound stop working. This time it didn't apparently do anything.
Last time I checked, reliable computer hardware (last time I checked, LiteOn and Logitech WERE reliable, and mouse/keyboards don't typically get faulty) was not supposed to randomly cease functioning. Should I do something before I go insane? What do you guys suggest? What would you diagnose as the problem?
Otherwise the system works perfectly, been on for weeks (months?) running 2K. It's a cheapo K7S5A mobo, some 300w PS. My bro also has a K7S5A and the same typical generic case/PS and he has no probs. Thing is, I don't want to spend on new mouse/keyboard just to realize it STILL happens. And I don't wanna buy a new mobo/case/ps just to discover the keyboard was defective afterall. If I move the keyboard to test, what if it works fine for a bit so I suspect it's not faulty, yet it actually turns out to be faulty?
Dammit...
Should I just avoid my computer till I'm out of college (except when I NEED to use it for an assignment. which should be rare to never)?
Need some ideas..
Thanks.
-RSI