Severe keyboard failure

Severe keyboard failure

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Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

Find the Hole II Participation Medal
2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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So last night I was playing Supreme Commander 2 (I managed to get it for £13, how awesome is that!) and at a certain stage my laptop must have overheated or something because it turned itself off. Completely. I was somewhat disappointed and restarted, becoming somewhat surprised when it transpired that my keyboard no longer worked. So, hard restart again, still nothing, loads Ubuntu by default. I've forgotten all my Linux know-how so I restart this time with a flatmate's keyboard plugged in. Windows doesn't get anything from it either but tells me that the driver thinks it is working fine - clearly not the case. This morning I was going to an interview; I had one last check - nothing. Just coming in a few minutes ago I tried turning it on without turning on the power supply, i.e. run the thing on battery. And it works. I don't know why. I don't know why it stopped working.

Conclusion: I find that sometimes I hate computers.
 
 
 
2010 May 20 at 03:37 PDT
aaronjer
*****'n Admin

Comrade General 5-Star
2005 Mar 21 • 4938
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Maybe you accidentally flipped the noob switch. You should check the back of the laptop to see if you've flipped it whenever something goes wrong.
 
 
 
2010 May 20 at 06:53 PDT
Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

Find the Hole II Participation Medal
2007 Oct 19 • 5486
57,583 ₧
Could be. It did the funny T'm-too-hot-turning-off-now-thing again today. The CPU seems to be hitting 373 K.
 
 
 
2010 May 20 at 11:29 PDT
sprinkles

Chrome Whore
2009 Sep 6 • 2547
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Keyboard failure:
Sick vid
 
 
 
2010 May 20 at 11:33 PDT
fedex _

2009 Mar 23 • 909
13 ₧
i have the same problem with my old laptop , the processor is no more good lol , when you run on a charger its gonna over heat . when its not plugged in its gonna run perfectly fine
melloyellow582 said:
I post sometimes, to make a point.
 
 
 
2010 May 20 at 12:20 PDT
Mate de Vita
Kelli

2008 Oct 4 • 2453
159 ₧
sprinkles said:
Keyboard failure:
Sick vid

Lol, I love how all the others are just sitting there watching like
...and that's the bottom line because Mate de Vita said so.
 
 
 
2010 May 20 at 12:21 PDT
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