why is my computer killing my external stuff??

[Riveninside]

okay.. maybe it's not my computer, but the products i buy..?!

yesterday i come home to find my monitor off, okay my GF might have turned it off. go to turn it back on.. nothing, chekc the power cord. take both ends out and plug it back in. still nothing, listen closer, hear nothing but ticking..
so my monitor died. so i went to a hawk shop and bought this CRAPPY i think it's 14" POS for $20 'cuz i'm low on funds.
now to top that off.
i hook it up to my TV to do some browsing and mess around, and while i'm using my mouse all of a sudden it got very sketchy like it was too far away from the receiver, (which my TV is right friggin next to my computer) so i go right next to the receiver, still nada, new batteries. nada, unplug it, plug it in, nada, XP reconized the USB, nothing.. lovely... so i plug in a regular mouse, and now it works fine. so from in a day i go from a nice 19" flat screen, and a full wireless setup, to a POS 14" monitor, and a wired non optical POS... gawd... lovely.. i guess it's time to upgrade, but damn it.. i'm broke! and now i can't get half life to work because the reselution is set tooo high and i can't turn it down to play it.. nice..

rant over... there goes $400

 

[Sieravor]

Heh, I had a laptop sitting on my desk a few days ago. The power cord got caught in the wheels of my chair and when I got up it pulled the laptop to the ground. All my drives, including the HDD broke off and flew across the room. I've yet to turn it back on as I fear it's severely damaged. So, yeah, I know the feeling. It's the suck.