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Title: my WASD died!
Post by: jcash on Tue, 13 December 2011, 01:52:30

Hi all,
 So My cat decided to give the cord a tug on Friday sending my WASD onto the floor. At first everything seemed fine until I hit the "Backspace" nd it did not work. Thinking it was just a minor issue I popped the cover to take a peek and to my dismay the connector from the main PCB(with the switches) to the usb controller was broken off on one end. :( I sent an email to WASD hoping they can sell me a new PCB for a reasonable price with no reply as of Monday night. I fear the board will cost as much as my KB itself. I just got it a few months ago, kinda sucks how god decided to "life crap" on me!


Just thought I would share

Title: my WASD died!
Post by: cactux on Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:06:31

please do not tell me that you did not kick cat out of the house

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Post by: guilleguillaume on Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:14:19

Your cats are so bad. Mine would never get up on my table, she is a good one!

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Post by: Gin on Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:19:40

That's painful to hear. Hopefully WASD will understand and sell you a PCB for a good price.

GL

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Post by: cactux on Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:19:49

why most of the guys around here likes cats?

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Post by: Gin on Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:27:05

I don't know. Cats are evil.

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Post by: sordna on Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:27:14

Quote from: jcash;469446

the connector from the main PCB(with the switches) to the usb controller was broken off on one end.

Please post a photo or two, to show the damage.

Title: my WASD died!
Post by: jcash on Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:32:51

She is a good cat however more a dog person myself. It is my fault, I usually hide the cables this time I did not. I will take it apart again and snap a few shots tomorrow to show the damage. Time to tend to the sick wife whom I got sick....Yeah, times are tough!

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Post by: iindigo on Tue, 13 December 2011, 10:01:21

Must be a pretty strong cat... my WASD is heavy and sticks to my desk quite nicely thanks to its rubber feet.

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Post by: whiskerBox on Tue, 13 December 2011, 10:28:36

I love my cats, but if they did that I would treat them like a P.O.W. and lock them in a cage followed by poking them with a stick and yelling

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Post by: Balgrog on Tue, 13 December 2011, 11:17:29

Quote from: iindigo;469644

Must be a pretty strong cat... my WASD is heavy and sticks to my desk quite nicely thanks to its rubber feet.

Mine still slides around a little bit. Know any remedies for this?

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Post by: funkymeeba on Tue, 13 December 2011, 11:53:11

The most I have to fear at my current residence (for a few more days only, at least) is one of my roommates' four cats pissing all over everything. This is why the room with all of my stuff in it stays closed. I can't trust those cats.

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Post by: kriminal on Tue, 13 December 2011, 11:54:49

cat stew!!!

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Post by: guilleguillaume on Tue, 13 December 2011, 13:11:14

You definetely need a Skull keycaps in your keyboards, this will make your cats run away from them!

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Post by: Ekaros on Tue, 13 December 2011, 14:47:16

Quote from: kriminal;469750

cat stew!!!

I prefer dog and hamsters...

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Post by: jkercado on Tue, 13 December 2011, 15:19:07

Cats are awesome. Dogs are stupid. Period. :becky:

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Post by: CeeSA on Wed, 14 December 2011, 07:45:26

dogs are devoted dump and for loosers. i never will accept that we allow excreta on the streets and sidewalk.
the children shouldn't mess up the sidewalk but the dogs could **** tons out.

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Post by: iBro on Fri, 16 December 2011, 08:53:29

(http://i42.tinypic.com/2lialbb.jpg)

I can only imagine that this is what your cat looks like.