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The curse of knowing a bit about IT: 'Could you just...?' and 'No I haven't changed anything'

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Another IT Guy

I had a friend call up one day saying;

"My laptop won't boot up. It looks like something is about to happen, but then the screen goes blank, then nothing."

So I asked this friend to remove everything connected to the laptop i.e. all USB devices, any audio products, the power lead, and the battery.

"Make sure nothing is connected to the laptop." I said.

Friend: "Nothing is connected to the laptop."

Then I got him to just plug the power lead in and try turning it on again.

Same thing - looks like something is going to happen, but nothing really happens at all.

"OK. Leave it as is. I'll see you in a couple of hours."

On arrival, I found the wireless mouse receiver still plugged into one of the USB ports. Upon removing this, the laptop booted straight away.

Someone had used much effort in trying to connect a USB device with the plug being the wrong way around.

He bought me lunch :)

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