ugh

[midnightvoyager]

Reaching an interesting level of exhaustion

Comments

[kelenar]

It could just be your power supply... failing power supplies like to kick out insufficient amounts of power, and in my experience, when you don't have enough power, USB devices are the first thing the computer decides to skimp on.

If it is the motherboard, you can almost definitely get away with not replacing the processor too. You'd just need to make sure you buy one that has the right socket type for your processor. Nowadays, replacing your motherboard doesn't even require you to reinstall Windows.

[midnightvoyager]

That is excellent information to have, thank you! I'll try to find some way to test that out.

[kelenar]

Testing power supplies is a bitch, unfortunately. The only conclusive way to do it involves plugging a multimeter into it directly.

[midnightvoyager]

Testing if it's the motherboard will be no less Special, I imagine.