06.16.06
Carlin’s 7
Talking to Sosacms about my miserable damn day while transferring data from a crummy 900mhz, 256mb RAM PC to the new Mac Mini and playing a bit of City of Heroes. Then I notice that I can’t move my mouse or use my keyboard. But all my City of Heroes animations are working just fine. Look at my USB hub and all the lights are out. Think, “Great, this shit just never ends.” But it turns out that wasn’t the problem. No matter where I plugged my keyboard and mouse in, they wouldn’t work. I even have extra USB cards because I am so used to my motherboards’ on board USB crapping out. I have a total of 10 USB slots and I barely managed to find a combination that would support just my mouse and keyboard. So not only is my RAM slots bad, but the on board USB is hosed now too. This mobo is really trying to fill in the shoes of it’s predecessors.
I have no idea what to do next. I loathe the idea of trying yet another motherboard. Not only because I think it will fail me too, but the thought of tearing apart my entire PC really isn’t appealing. I am so very, very sick of PC repair.
*edit* Did a complete power cycle (turned off the power supply) and all the USB ports seem to be working. Think the hub died and temporarily killed them.