When I registered this machine with HP (which owns Compaq, you'll recall) I clicked the button which said HP could periodically check the system for potential problems.
I was reloading some of my CDs into iTunes last evening and discovered that the left speaker wasn't putting out any sound. I put it onto my "look at that later" list and went on about my business (getting e-mail up and running was a priority).
About 2:00pm today I got an alarm saying there were several HP updates available and clicked to have them installed. One of them was for my sound card's driver. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but when it finished I was in the middle of loading more CDs, and I tested the sound from the speakers. Both of them work now.
Coincidence, or is that little diagnostic test HP runs capable of realizing that the drivers for the card installed in that machine that somebody just bought are out of date?
It was a little eerie, either way.
Posted by Linkmeister at October 20, 2008 09:38 PM | TrackBack