One USB keyboard and one 4-in-1 USB hub later, I now have a working system again. I'm thinking of taking the CPU in to Best Buy or some other repair place to see if it can be fixed for less than the price of a new desktop, because this is at best a workaround. I've got the netbook on the top of the keyboard drawer, lid tilted down so I can see the widescreen monitor. That monitor is plugged into the side of the netbook. It doesn't display full screen, either; it's giving me a letterbox format, which is odd to look at. I've fiddled with the display options in the Control Panel with no success, but I'm sure it's in there somewhere.
The Compaq died two years to the day after I purchased it. I blame Carly Fiorina.
Posted by Linkmeister at October 18, 2010 03:28 PM | TrackBack