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hehe and These days it seems his days are counted.
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Hi All,
Plugged a debugger/programmer into a USB port, dang PC powered off no warning. Go throught the motions, Power still to lead, unplug everything power up. PC boots to Win 8.1(?) no issues, works fine open Out Look, post cr*p on CP via Chrome, start plugging in stuff, Com Port adaptors, microcontrollers dev boards, mis-judge the usb port for plugging programmer in to. Every thing works fine ( ), use the programmer that nuked PC no problems. Put it down to early morning pre-coffee error, plug memory stick in to copy over some test results, bang!, fart! PC shuts down.  a dodgy USB port? USB's are tough I once completely destroyed the USB interface to a PC it did not complain. This Dell can be taken down by plugging something into the USB  Thats a new one on me, anyone else seen anything similar...
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It's Friday isn't it?
Do nothing, pretend nothing happened, leave it alone, try again Monday.
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Tower or laptop? How old? It's possible that the USB connector is broken on the motherboard, intermittent signal or short. See if there is something bad inside that connector.
Thankfully, I'm on my last high school student in the house. The one before her came home with the laptop and said, "Hey Dad. There is something wrong with my laptop. The USB connector is funky." He has a wireless mouse with that little USB dongle that Logitech uses.
I took a look at it. Hmmm, dongle is loose. Closer inspection: USB port is loose. Even closer inspection.... "Son, you want to tell me what you did to this thing?"
Seems he had gotten into the habit of tossing his bag (with said laptop in it) a little too playfully.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Tower, a Dell (or Smell) Optiplex something running 8.1 because Win10 and compatibity...
USB, a good idea but, I remember when I blew the output due to a charge making mince meat of the Poly Fuses with a stupid static charge. This one port at the rear of the machine seems to kill it.
More investigation Monday or when I haven't got 50+ things to do I might get a new PC (or a trip to the moon!) 
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I am curious how you even know that?
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Dodgy mouse... went to click on my profile dropdown for my comments (to follow up on something) but clicked on the actual numbers... it will take you to your rep points ... saw "all" (OMG I'm still in shock  ) the negatives and just had to hang my head in shame...
I've let the community down. What can I say? I am devastated. ( )
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No doubt.
...and if it doesn't come back hunt it down and shoot it?
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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As your handle might imply, "Chill for 60" 
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Life sucks.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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there, I upvoted you, so now you have extra points in compensation of your lost 12 points.
You can stop crying now, there, there. 
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Quote: I've lost 12 rep points!
Where is the last place you remember seeing them? Think hard now. 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Good question! ... erm ... :scratches head: ... :reaches for: ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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I just upvoted you which gives you a a point back - and gives me about 24 more - I think?
...no, just 1 - oh well.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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hmm, japanese must be canadian or something
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I’m sorry. What do you mean by that?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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What? We don't get apologies if it's 20 minutes late. 
Jeremy Falcon
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yeah but you will not miss the train if it is late!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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True, but you may not arrive at your destination on time. Either way, it does make want to visit Japan.
Jeremy Falcon
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The wife dragged me kicking and screaming to Japan 20 years ago, we went on a small group (12 people) tour and loved it. We have been back many times since, including a road trip in Hokkaido, there is an entire story about the GPS in that car.
I now take my grand kids there to ski, Furano was excellent last year.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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