Mouse, Keyboard, audio - intermittent not working

sbxjsr · 05-15-2005, 07:33 AM

I have a very puzzling problem.
Recently moved my computer case across the floor while it was turned on. Suddenly, sound cut out, keyboard and mouse stopped working, and monitor said "out of frequency". Turning on and off makes no difference.

First of all I opened up the case, cleaned out some dust and had a good poke around. Now the monitor works fine always. The mouse, keyboard and audio work for 30 seconds after XP boots up, but then everything freezes again.

Initially I thought I must have blown some controller on the mother board, but the fact that it works for a short while before cutting out made me think again.

Anyhow, the computer is basically unusable at the moment. Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this?

dai · 05-15-2005, 02:19 PM

welcome to the forum
well i guess you have learned the hard way not to move the comp while it is on
check the heatsink on the cpu has not moved while you were shifting it
d/l and run the diognostic utility from your h/d manufacturer on the h/d

05-15-2005, 07:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
sbxjsr Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Mouse, Keyboard, audio - intermittent not working I have a very puzzling problem. Recently moved my computer case across the floor while it was turned on. Suddenly, sound cut out, keyboard and mouse stopped working, and monitor said "out of frequency". Turning on and off makes no difference. First of all I opened up the case, cleaned out some dust and had a good poke around. Now the monitor works fine always. The mouse, keyboard and audio work for 30 seconds after XP boots up, but then everything freezes again. Initially I thought I must have blown some controller on the mother board, but the fact that it works for a short while before cutting out made me think again. Anyhow, the computer is basically unusable at the moment. Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this?

05-15-2005, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,500 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	welcome to the forum well i guess you have learned the hard way not to move the comp while it is on check the heatsink on the cpu has not moved while you were shifting it d/l and run the diognostic utility from your h/d manufacturer on the h/d __________________