parris@mit-caf.UUCP (Patrice Parris) (02/09/88)
Hi Everyone, I hope you ( particularly CATS ) can help. My best friend has a 2000 with a recurring problem. The keyboard will hang, usually after about an hour of work. The system isn't dead because the mouse is still being acknowledged and he can fire up applications with icons if WB is running. The only solution is a cold boot. He unplugged the keyboard and plugged it back in once and this freed it up again ( I told him not to repeat this experiment). He is going to check the keyboard cable for loose connections and shorts but I am not hopeful because the keyboard will hang even if he just boots up and leaves it alone. Another possible solution is a new keyboard. He claims the warranty is 90 days from the date of purchase, not the date of delivery. Say it isn't so! He ain't even got his monitor and BridgeBoard yet! Thanks for any helpful hints or funny flames. Patrice Parris ps Thank you to all the people who offerred advice about music software. -- It's better to burn out than fade away -- The Kurgan "Highlander" Patrice Parris parris@caf.mit.edu I don't represent MIT in any way
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (02/12/88)
In article <719@mit-caf.UUCP> parris@mit-caf.UUCP (Patrice Parris) writes: >Hi Everyone, What a wonderful thought. > Thanks for any helpful hints or funny flames. > It's better to burn out than fade away -- The Kurgan "Highlander" Your keyboard doesnt work because you have incorrectly attributed the above quote to some Kurgan "Highlander" dude. Neil Young is pissed. So am I. Don't so it again. -- "It's too dark to put my legs in my munitions" richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, rutgers!marque, codas!ddsw1} gryphon!richard
parris@mit-caf.UUCP (Patrice Parris) (02/12/88)
In article <2501@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: $In article <719@mit-caf.UUCP> parris@mit-caf.UUCP (Patrice Parris) writes: $>Hi Everyone, $ $What a wonderful thought. $ $> Thanks for any helpful hints or funny flames. $ $> It's better to burn out than fade away -- The Kurgan "Highlander" $ $Your keyboard doesnt work because you have incorrectly attributed the $above quote to some Kurgan "Highlander" dude. $ $Neil Young is pissed. So am I. Don't so it again. Phew! For a while there, I thought it was a problem with the computer. The last few minutes have been hell, but now my hands have stopped trembling enough for me to change my .signature file. Thanks for the tip, Richard. $ $ "It's too dark to put my legs in my munitions" $ $ {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, rutgers!marque, codas!ddsw1} gryphon!richard -- Patrice Parris parris@caf.mit.edu ...one of the lads, the Chief Constable for the area, was carrying a tactical nuclear weapon.... MIT won't let me speak for it