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Checking a bad keyboard or mouse

Checking a bad keyboard or mouse

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Checking a bad keyboard or mouse

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- [Instructor] You know the old error message, keyboard not detected. Press any key to continue. It underscores the frustration of a computer lacking a primary input device, a keyboard or a mouse. Now at their heart, the keyboard and a mouse are mechanical devices. They can break and they will do so at some point in the future. Keep the devices clean and avoid liquids in the gizmo and they should last. Now when they start acting funny, they freeze or become unresponsive. It's most likely when it's time to replace them. To ensure that it's the keyboard or mouse directly, you can swap out the device, providing that you have another keyboard or mouse handy. Unplug the keyboard or disconnect the mouse. Now you can do so with the computer turned on. It won't break anything. If the replacement keyboard or mouse works, the problem is specific to the device. You need a new keyboard or mouse. For wireless keyboard…

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