Does anyone else have a piece of hardware that involves getting creative or arcane in order for it to function?
For example:
-no-brand portable HDD (laptop size) that needs to be plugged in, powered up, then unplugged, then plugged in, exactly seven times before it realises that yes, the USB port is indeed a USB 2.0 port, and no, it does not have to function at reduced speed... On any PC, regardless of hardware/software config.
-family member's car: when going, lights on (night) - dashboard only half lights up, unless you have the driver's side airvent open, and pointing down. (There aren't any loose/touching wires, I checked).
Lame examples, granted, so share some stories of the strange and unlikely; the ones no-one believes until you show them...
... or post about it on The Escapist...
For example:
-no-brand portable HDD (laptop size) that needs to be plugged in, powered up, then unplugged, then plugged in, exactly seven times before it realises that yes, the USB port is indeed a USB 2.0 port, and no, it does not have to function at reduced speed... On any PC, regardless of hardware/software config.
-family member's car: when going, lights on (night) - dashboard only half lights up, unless you have the driver's side airvent open, and pointing down. (There aren't any loose/touching wires, I checked).
Lame examples, granted, so share some stories of the strange and unlikely; the ones no-one believes until you show them...
... or post about it on The Escapist...
