Okay, one of my co-workers brought me her home PC the other day complaining that it would not turn on. The computer is an older Dell PIII, like 650Mhz, nothing special. I figured that it just wasn't posting, so I asked a few questions and clarified that point. No post. After plugging it in and turning it on (no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor), I listened to it power on and post. I figured that it would halt on keyboard error and never boot into Windows, but the sound of it working was all I needed. Seemed to work alright, so I plugged it into my KVM at my desk and did some general cleanup on it (defrag, etc). I also opened it up and blasted out any dust. I gave it back to the lady.
She returns to work the next day telling me that she couldn't get it to work (the video wouldn't come on). I thought that this might be a case of bad monitor or cable, so I looked it over again and gave her a spare monitor to take home and try. Mind you that it worked perfectly in my office when it was plugged into the extra monitor and keyboard.
She comes back the next day with the monitor. "The monitor was fine, the mouse was the problem," she stated.
Hese's my question: why the hell would it have a problem with a broken mouse that it wouldn't have with no mouse at all. Worse yet, it would post and boot fine with no mouse or a busted mouse, but the video card wouldn't work in conjunction with a broken mouse. I'm have no idea what motherboard was in the thing, what chipset it was on, or even what the hell really went on. Does anyone have an explanation that goes beyond the "You're an idiot" that I keep hearing in my mind?
She returns to work the next day telling me that she couldn't get it to work (the video wouldn't come on). I thought that this might be a case of bad monitor or cable, so I looked it over again and gave her a spare monitor to take home and try. Mind you that it worked perfectly in my office when it was plugged into the extra monitor and keyboard.
She comes back the next day with the monitor. "The monitor was fine, the mouse was the problem," she stated.
Hese's my question: why the hell would it have a problem with a broken mouse that it wouldn't have with no mouse at all. Worse yet, it would post and boot fine with no mouse or a busted mouse, but the video card wouldn't work in conjunction with a broken mouse. I'm have no idea what motherboard was in the thing, what chipset it was on, or even what the hell really went on. Does anyone have an explanation that goes beyond the "You're an idiot" that I keep hearing in my mind?
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