
(vi) Increasing the free space on my hard drive(s) (v) updating to Windows professional so I can use 32gb Ram (iv) I found some other forums saying to make other little changes in device manager but never fixed the problem (iii) Updating all the driver and all available Windows 7 updates (ii) changing USB ports (so it's not the USB ports)

(i) using different mouse and keyboard (so it's not the devices) It has resulted in all kinds of input errors and many many problems so I hope someone can help figure out what it is. The lights go off on the mouse, all inputs cease to work and it produces some error-sounding beeps (disconnect reconnect maybe?) through my speakers and then it works like normal for a few hours and then happens again. Of course, if you're still under warranty it's simply a matter of returning it, but do be warned, depending on what country you live in, refurbished equipment often carries a far shorter warranty period.My USB mouse and USB keyboard both stop working for a few seconds several times a day. So, depending on what they do, it's entirely possible. In those cases, obviously they test pretty quickly as it's not economic to really go through them, so it's far easier to pop a couple of new parts in, test it, see it appears to be OK, but in reality there's still some faulty parts in there (such as PSU). However, many other manufacturers will do their fault testing on returns, identify the dodgy parts, then just replace those. Sony would employ a slightly similar approach with PS1s and PS2s back when I worked for the Official PS magazine. All internals were replaced as a matter of course.


Whilst generally it could be said that refurbished parts are just new ones replacing the old ones, it really depends on the manufacturer and their procedures on how they deal with refurbishments - and unless someone has some real insider info, you're probably not going to get a definite answer.įor example, I bought my daughters ipods way back when, and I went for the refurbished ones simply because the ONLY parts that were reused was the case. My PC is a replacement from the manufacture, made up of refurbished parts. Google your PC manufacturer along with the model number of the laptop - you'll find their page where there'll undoubtably be support and drivers available for download - look for the keyboard drivers, download them and then run the installion package you downloaded.
