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Registered Member #123
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hello All, On my tower pc if i buy a new mouse it stops working within a couple of hours. this doesnt matter wether i plug into usb port or mouse port or whether mechanical or optical. Does this sound like a power supply problem? maybe voltage has gone high?
Registered Member #16
Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 02:22PM
Location: New Wilmington, PA
Posts: 554
We'll need a bit more information.
Do any other peripherals work (keyboard, webcam, joystick, etc) when plugged into the USB and/or PS/2 ports?
Do the affected mice work on another computer when plugged in after 'dying' on your computer?
Its highly unlikely to be the power supply itself. Multiple systems on the motherboard use the various voltages. If in fact the power supply had gone bad, you'd be having a lot more trouble than just some dodgy peripherals. Its possible that the USB host controller's regulator has failed, but I don't see as how that would cause the PS/2 ports to go as well.
Seems like your common thread here is software. Got working antivirus software? Is windows showing any other driver instabilities? You might have some colossal cock-up brewing in your registry.
Registered Member #123
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Hi Dave,
Could well be a windows problem. The anti virus has gone out of date as use laptop mainly now. It may be a registry melt down i suppose as it takes around 10-15 minutes to boot up!!!!!!
It does have small memory 256mb but shouldnt be that slow right?
how would i check registry please? i am more of a pc user than anything else.
Registered Member #27
Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 02:20AM
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Windows XP or earlier should boot in less than 30 seconds using 256 MB RAM. If it is slower then it usually means that a lot of software that you don't need is starting up automatically.
Registered Member #123
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Cheers Bjorn,
I cant remember what command you can use to list start up programs and remove them. I know there is one as somebody helped me years ago to do just that but i have been to bed since then
Registered Member #146
Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 04:21AM
Location: Austin Tx
Posts: 1055
msconfig
type it in the "Run" prompt. Then look at the "startup" tab.
Just do some google searches on each of the applications that it lists to learn what they are BEFORE you disable them. Crap like quick-time player will always try to set itself up to start on start up.
Registered Member #96
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
Location: CI, Earth
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Broken USB stack most likely. Only cure is a full rebuild.
Seen this n times before, where n is a large number.
Even Microsoft now advise "nuke from orbit" as the recommended fix for anything like this, especially if viruses are even suspected.
Sorry about this, but if you absolutely need that data, Ghost the drive to a spare then nuke the original, AV it, and then ghost once everything works to a DVD. then the next time the fix is 15 minutes instead of four hours.
regards, -A
btw yes you can use an external hard disk to store images on if you wish.
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