For ages I couldn’t get my tablet working properly. There’s been a short in the wire for some time now. Not sure why, it hasn’t been mistreated and it certainly hasn’t been overused and abused. So finally I sat down and decided to figure out exactly where the short is located and what to do in order to fix it. As you can see in the photo above, the short is very close to the usb plug. That’s why no matter how I situated the cord it wouldn’t connect and work. You’ll also notice that I used a piece of yarn to tie it that way so it doesn’t move.
So far it has been working properly for over a week, which means I have a real mouse again and, if it works, I can start practicing with the pen tool again and figure out how exactly it works. That makes me happy. I paid 85 bucks and change for a small tablet years ago and I felt that I hadn’t gotten my full use out of it, since I rarely used it. Now it’s attached to the laptop, working, and that makes me happy. Laters.
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