Thread: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Old 08-10-2012, 16:27   #5601
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
Thought I'd borked the PC, turns out it was only the standby mouse (for when the wireless is in it's charging cradle):

I was using a halogen table lamp right next to the mouse, when I turned it off the CAD package in focus went wild with lots of "dings" through the speakers so I re-booted the PC but it would stop with a "Windows protection violation, you must re-start your computer" message, wouldn't even start in safe mode.

I finally unplugged the (PS2) mouse and just left my wireless mouse and keyboard in the USB and it started up OK. Guess the lamp must have put a bolt up the PS2 mouse port.

I'm happy it's working OK now. Won't do that again.
Actually had a few PS2 mice do that..
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