Blacberry 1; Computer: 0
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I did the unthinkable this morning: I plugged my new Blackberry into my computer's USB port without first installing the drivers. My computer promptly exploded. Well, not exploded. More sort of died instantly and let forth a pungent "something's burning" smell. Nothing would coax it back to life so I've spent the afternoon transplanting my hard drives into another machine, doing an XP reinstall/restore and trying to coax my data back to life. Everything seems mostly fine except that IE6 crashes each time it tries to install the latest Microsoft Update ActiveX control. :sigh: The Blackberry is untouched.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
:laugh: Sorry to laugh Chris, I just love the way you wrote that; My computer promptly exploded. Funnily enough I plugged my Nokia into my Mac for the first time the other day and my Mac froze up. Previous to that I had been using Bluetooth but thought USB would be a wee bit faster for transferring a 1gig file. Your Blackberry melted your computer, my Nokia froze my Mac. Go figure.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Blackberries have GPS? :confused:
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
Blackberries have GPS?
Apparently the new ones do.
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:laugh: Sorry to laugh Chris, I just love the way you wrote that; My computer promptly exploded. Funnily enough I plugged my Nokia into my Mac for the first time the other day and my Mac froze up. Previous to that I had been using Bluetooth but thought USB would be a wee bit faster for transferring a 1gig file. Your Blackberry melted your computer, my Nokia froze my Mac. Go figure.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
Your Blackberry melted your computer, my Nokia froze my Mac. Go figure.
and Friday nVidia cards froze Linux. :) In the end all Operating Systems are at the mercy of device drivers... and the programmers who write them.... no wonder the mutant sea bass are ill tempered... :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I did the unthinkable this morning: I plugged my new Blackberry into my computer's USB port without first installing the drivers. My computer promptly exploded. Well, not exploded. More sort of died instantly and let forth a pungent "something's burning" smell. Nothing would coax it back to life so I've spent the afternoon transplanting my hard drives into another machine, doing an XP reinstall/restore and trying to coax my data back to life. Everything seems mostly fine except that IE6 crashes each time it tries to install the latest Microsoft Update ActiveX control. :sigh: The Blackberry is untouched.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Wow - I always wondered what happens if you ignore the 'make sure you install the drivers first' warning....
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I did the unthinkable this morning: I plugged my new Blackberry into my computer's USB port without first installing the drivers. My computer promptly exploded. Well, not exploded. More sort of died instantly and let forth a pungent "something's burning" smell. Nothing would coax it back to life so I've spent the afternoon transplanting my hard drives into another machine, doing an XP reinstall/restore and trying to coax my data back to life. Everything seems mostly fine except that IE6 crashes each time it tries to install the latest Microsoft Update ActiveX control. :sigh: The Blackberry is untouched.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Plugging something into the USB port smoked your computer? That's, like, insane. How would installing drivers have prevented that? Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
Plugging something into the USB port smoked your computer? That's, like, insane. How would installing drivers have prevented that? Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithMarc Clifton wrote:
How would installing drivers have prevented that?
That bit was a joke. Losing a day's work when I don't have a day to spare wasn't :(
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Marc Clifton wrote:
How would installing drivers have prevented that?
That bit was a joke. Losing a day's work when I don't have a day to spare wasn't :(
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
What I don't understand is how merely connecting the device to the USB port caused the computer to go up. Worst case I would have expected it to just do nothing.. but to actually cause the mobo to fry? Just don't get it..
------------ Cheers, Patrick
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Blackberries have GPS? :confused:
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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What I don't understand is how merely connecting the device to the USB port caused the computer to go up. Worst case I would have expected it to just do nothing.. but to actually cause the mobo to fry? Just don't get it..
------------ Cheers, Patrick
Happened to me a month ago with a USB Memory Stick that I had previously used in the same machine. I plugged it it, there was a fizzle as I did, a bit of a pop and no more PC, the MOBO was fried. Unfortunately for me the crash completely corrupted the (non RAID) hard disk and I only got to recover about 50% of the data that was on it too. I would suspect this is possible on any powered USB port as there is always the potential to cause a short when conecting a device, although I am certainly no expert in this area...
Rhys "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it" They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance." Terry Pratchett
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Plugging something into the USB port smoked your computer? That's, like, insane. How would installing drivers have prevented that? Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smithnot maybe something to do with the fact that the bb charges it's batery with a usb?