Recent content by domino66

I keep my laptop lid closed 100% of the time and use USB keyboard/mouse and external monitors. I recently set an HDD-Password for my system, which prompts me every time I restart the machine...but when I get the prompt (see image below), I can't use my USB keyboard: the keystrokes don't register...

FYI, I did a clean reinstall of Windows 10, and both USB ports are still dead, so obv a hardware thing and sending it back to Asus for repair. Aggravating for a 4-month old laptop, but what can u do.

OK - again, I'm still not sure what to make of the fact that the "dead" ports can CHARGE THINGS...so they're not altogether dead. They just won't properly let a USB device (flash drive, mouse, keyboard, etc) connect. Is this conclusive evidence that it's a SOFTWARE/DRIVER thing? (b/c greens'...

Uh...not sure which cpu? Here are the tech specs for my model, but that's not mentioned: https://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks/ASUS-ZenBook-Pro-UX501VW/specifications/

Tried with a USB (wireless) keyboard: keyboard worked (and i could navigate the BIOS menus with it) when receiver was plugged into the 1 USB port that still works in Windows; did not work in the 2 USB ports I'm trying to troubleshoot. I have a flash drive to also try in the BIOS, but i couldn't...

Hm, OK maybe -- will the system restore restore EVERYTHING to my laptop's state before the update? (I may have updated files I wouldn't want rolled back to previous versions). But before I do that, it seems rather unlikely this is the case, because the USB ports died BEFORE any of the updates...

I have a 3-month old Asus Zenbook UX501 with 3 USB 3.0 ports. Here's what happened yesterday: - My wired mouse plugged into one of the ports stopped working and its 'power' lights went off - I plugged it into the other USB port located on that side of the laptop; it worked for about 20 minutes...

For whatever reason, I can't send simulated keystrokes to my HP Spectre 13" laptop (running Windows 8.1). I've tried using Autohotkey -- and every function works properly EXCEPT that it can't accept any text input...like I can get an AHK script to, say, launch a program, but I can't get it to...

I have a group who is brainstorming a list of project ideas, and I want a (FREE) project management tool that allows for back and forth dialogue between group members on a particular idea, which is publicly viewable to all members of the group. For clarification, a low-tech solution would be to...

Yes, I'm contemplating doing that...except that I don't think my TV has a headphone-AUDIO-IN jack. I suppose that the RCA-to-3.5mm adapter cable I linked to in my OP would serve that purpose?

I want to be able to listen to my TV's audio via my bluetooth headphones. Except that my TV does not support bluetooth. I think what I need is a "bluetooth transmitter", is that right? Here is the back panel of my TV: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5774/backtvn.jpg Which ports am I...

In my home gym, I have a TV that I watch while I work out (just gets basic cable / 60-channels). Sometimes I bring my laptop down there and connect it to the TV via HDMI so I can watch streaming online content (Youtube / free online episodes of Daily Show, etc.) But strikes me that this is...