Eeek. Computer sick

[owl]

Well, I turned on Elrond the computer this afternoon, and he beeped loudly and said 'Keyboard error' on the screen, along with a lot of stuff about had I changed the hardware or software configuration recently, and did I want to change it back? As I hadn't, I chose to start Windows normally. Which it did, but when I tried to use the keyboard it froze. I turned it off at the switch (no other way of doing it, because the mouse wouldn't work and nor would Ctrl+Alt+Del) about three times, with the same result every time. I unplugged the keyboard (the light for Caps lock still went on and off normally, so I knew it was getting power) and plugged it in again. Same result. I did System Restore and went back two days to when I knew it was working. Same result.

Then I had a bright idea. I swapped Elrond's keyboard with Feanor's. Feanor is the old computer; he doesn't have internet and the mouse freezes at the drop of a hat. Hooray, Elrond worked great with Feanor's keyboard. I was much less upset about the idea of not being able to use Feanor than I had been about Elrond. Then I went to Feanor, and to my surprise Elrond's keyboard now worked with him! So I swapped them back, restarted Elrond, and he, with his own keyboard, worked perfectly! But when I restarted him again, I got the same keyboard error. So now he has Feanor's keyboard again.

This is just great as long as it doesn't happen again. Has anything like this ever happened to any of you? I don't think we'll assign Feanor to Mandos (a.k.a. the council recycling site) just yet a while.

Er...help?

Comments

[a-blue-moon-cat.livejournal.com]

Hardware problems can be tricky. Have you got a good computer tech person who can have a look at it?

[owl]

Well, it seems to have spontaneously fixed itself now...weird. I'm hoping that if it gives up permanently, it'll do so while it's still under guarantee.