OT: hardware problems

[John]

Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 10:38 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
>   
>> I have an HP PSC 1510 All-In-One. It's worked just fine until a week
>> ago. Then it wouldn't scan and I got all aggravated. After re-booting,
>> using smart to check all of my installed rpms and pouring over the
>> docs with terminal windows opened all over the desktop, when I opened
>> the lid and re-positioned the document, it lit up and scanned. 
>>
>> Opening the damn lid to the scanner. Who would have thought? :) Ric 
>>     
>
> Faulty lids and covers are the bane of any serviceman.  We've all
> encountered some device that needs the cover taking off and replacing,
> or taking off and leaving it off, to make the device work.  Often for no
> good reason.
>
> It's right up their with equipment that has one too many, or one too few
> screws.  The second being more of a worry, wondering where it fell, or
> what you put one into that doesn't own one.
>
> If Microsoft built a car, you'd have to drive it with the bonnet
> unfastened.
>
>   
lol!