sometimes it’s the little things…
I did a house call today for some family friends who were having trouble with their computer. Most of it was really simple stuff, spyware and junk. But the kicker was that their computer would no longer stay in standby mode. It would shut off, and then immediately turn back on. I tried the usual bag of tricks, nothing worked. I unplugged the keyboard to check for a stuck key, I flipped the optical mouse on its back to make sure it wasn’t registering small movements or something, still not working. As I went to turn the mouse back over, I noticed something. A very tiny strand of hair stuck in front of the sensor. I removed the hair thinking to myself, “wouldn’t it be funny if that was causing the problem. yeah right, theres no way…” and then it went to standby and stayed there.
no
freakin
way
I sat there somewhat shocked, and yet relieved, because I could have wasted a lot of time, and looked like quite the fool for trying to fix something so incredibly bizarre.
