I built my computer last Spring and haven't really paid much attention to it since then. It holds up fairly well: Geforce 7600 GS, Fortran 450W, 3700+, and EP-9NPA+ Ultra.
Recently, I decided to try out some DDR (yes, late adopter, I know). I purchased these two pads from BNS. The major forums (such as ddrfreak.com) seemed to recommend these as the best available (sub-$300 pads). Each one has a USB connector. They both worked perfectly the first time. The second time I plugged them in, one failed to register at all. That sucked. The third time I tried, the OTHER one failed to register, too!
There are two choices here:
1. Shoddy Asian Manufacturing
2. My Computer Kills Devices!
Is #2 possible? One quirk I've noticed over the last 4 months (not exactly sure when it started) is that it often takes me 20 or so random presses of the power button to get my computer on. I've always thought that this was just due to bad wiring in the case, but might this indicate a power supply problem? Something that produces power surges through USB that results in dead peripherals?
Any thoughts? A way to test out the theory? I don't want to kill the replacements, too!
Recently, I decided to try out some DDR (yes, late adopter, I know). I purchased these two pads from BNS. The major forums (such as ddrfreak.com) seemed to recommend these as the best available (sub-$300 pads). Each one has a USB connector. They both worked perfectly the first time. The second time I plugged them in, one failed to register at all. That sucked. The third time I tried, the OTHER one failed to register, too!
There are two choices here:
1. Shoddy Asian Manufacturing
2. My Computer Kills Devices!
Is #2 possible? One quirk I've noticed over the last 4 months (not exactly sure when it started) is that it often takes me 20 or so random presses of the power button to get my computer on. I've always thought that this was just due to bad wiring in the case, but might this indicate a power supply problem? Something that produces power surges through USB that results in dead peripherals?
Any thoughts? A way to test out the theory? I don't want to kill the replacements, too!