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OT: It wasn't Windows or the hardware...

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by: RabidPedagog - Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:59 UTC

.... my fingerprint sensor and sound issues were caused by the fact that
when the technicians replaced my keyboard and battery, they seated the
battery atop an audio wire. The fact that the battery was screwed into
place squashed the audio wire which disabled the bass and somehow
shorted the fingerprint sensor. It's amazing what one little wire can do.

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by: candycanearter07 - Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:50 UTC

On 2024-02-25, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
> ... my fingerprint sensor and sound issues were caused by the fact that
> when the technicians replaced my keyboard and battery, they seated the
> battery atop an audio wire. The fact that the battery was screwed into
> place squashed the audio wire which disabled the bass and somehow
> shorted the fingerprint sensor. It's amazing what one little wire can do.

Well yeah, computer connectors aren't usually built with redundacies.
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by: RabidPedagog - Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:19 UTC

On 2024-02-26 10:50 a.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
> On 2024-02-25, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
>> ... my fingerprint sensor and sound issues were caused by the fact that
>> when the technicians replaced my keyboard and battery, they seated the
>> battery atop an audio wire. The fact that the battery was screwed into
>> place squashed the audio wire which disabled the bass and somehow
>> shorted the fingerprint sensor. It's amazing what one little wire can do.
>
> Well yeah, computer connectors aren't usually built with redundacies.

I can understand how the wire would cause the speakers to disable the
bass but how it affected the fingerprint sensor which is now very
reliable is beyond me.

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by: candycanearter07 - Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:30 UTC

On 2024-02-26, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
> On 2024-02-26 10:50 a.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
>> On 2024-02-25, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
>>> ... my fingerprint sensor and sound issues were caused by the fact that
>>> when the technicians replaced my keyboard and battery, they seated the
>>> battery atop an audio wire. The fact that the battery was screwed into
>>> place squashed the audio wire which disabled the bass and somehow
>>> shorted the fingerprint sensor. It's amazing what one little wire can do.
>>
>> Well yeah, computer connectors aren't usually built with redundacies.
>
> I can understand how the wire would cause the speakers to disable the
> bass but how it affected the fingerprint sensor which is now very
> reliable is beyond me.

Maybe it's something to do with the voltage?
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by: RabidPedagog - Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:09 UTC

On 2024-02-26 11:30 a.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
> On 2024-02-26, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
>> On 2024-02-26 10:50 a.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> On 2024-02-25, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
>>>> ... my fingerprint sensor and sound issues were caused by the fact that
>>>> when the technicians replaced my keyboard and battery, they seated the
>>>> battery atop an audio wire. The fact that the battery was screwed into
>>>> place squashed the audio wire which disabled the bass and somehow
>>>> shorted the fingerprint sensor. It's amazing what one little wire can do.
>>>
>>> Well yeah, computer connectors aren't usually built with redundacies.
>>
>> I can understand how the wire would cause the speakers to disable the
>> bass but how it affected the fingerprint sensor which is now very
>> reliable is beyond me.
>
> Maybe it's something to do with the voltage?

That's what I figured. It was either not supplying enough or too much...
either way, it works well now. The computer feels brand new now.

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by: candycanearter07 - Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:20 UTC

On 2024-02-26, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
> On 2024-02-26 11:30 a.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
>> On 2024-02-26, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
>>> On 2024-02-26 10:50 a.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>> On 2024-02-25, RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
>>>>> ... my fingerprint sensor and sound issues were caused by the fact that
>>>>> when the technicians replaced my keyboard and battery, they seated the
>>>>> battery atop an audio wire. The fact that the battery was screwed into
>>>>> place squashed the audio wire which disabled the bass and somehow
>>>>> shorted the fingerprint sensor. It's amazing what one little wire can do.
>>>>
>>>> Well yeah, computer connectors aren't usually built with redundacies.
>>>
>>> I can understand how the wire would cause the speakers to disable the
>>> bass but how it affected the fingerprint sensor which is now very
>>> reliable is beyond me.
>>
>> Maybe it's something to do with the voltage?
>
> That's what I figured. It was either not supplying enough or too much...
> either way, it works well now. The computer feels brand new now.

Glad there's a happy ending :D
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Subject	Author
OT: It wasn't Windows or the hardware...	RabidPedagog
Re: OT: It wasn't Windows or the hardware...	candycanearter07
Re: OT: It wasn't Windows or the hardware...	RabidPedagog
Re: OT: It wasn't Windows or the hardware...	candycanearter07
Re: OT: It wasn't Windows or the hardware...	RabidPedagog
Re: OT: It wasn't Windows or the hardware...	candycanearter07