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Have to unplug pc
Name: agregc Date: April 20, 2009 at 18:46:43 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Input Devices
Comment:
The past couple of weeks my Dell pc has had spells where the monitor will not wake up and the wireless mouse does not work. Only fix I've found so far is to unplug the pc. Just power up/dn gracefully does not fix it. Monitor is serial, mouse is usb. Yesterday, I woke up, used the pc fine for a few minutes, came back a few minutes later and the wireless mouse controller lights were out and it didn't work, monitor would not wake up. Nothing on the screen. Windows XP. Any ideas?
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