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In the mid-90s I used to repair PCs. Customer brought PC in where left mouse button did not function. Easy. Replace mouse. NOPE. OK, software issue. Reinstall
by kingcharles 5y ago
In the mid-90s I used to repair PCs. Customer brought PC in where left mouse button did not function.
Easy. Replace mouse. NOPE.
OK, software issue. Reinstall mouse driver. NOPE.
OK, deeper software issue. Replace HDD from working PC. NOPE.
OK, replace RAM? NOPE.
OK, replace motherboard and all add-in cards. NOPE.
At this point we have a different HDD, motherboard, CPU, RAM, video card and mouse. Still left mouse button doesn't work. Mouse moves fine. Right button works.
Only thing left is the case and the PSU.
Replace PSU. Left mouse button works perfectly.
FML.
- lostgame 5y agoThis is just such a classic story describing the Murphy’s Law of working with computers. This gave me a chuckle. Solving programming problems is sometimes similar.
- glitchc 5y agoWha? Was it a PS/2 mouse? x86 system? More details please.
- kingcharles 5y agoSerial mouse IIRC. x86 system. Probably a 386.