Komiyan

it's worked for my gameboy

Worked on my old CRT monitor too. Well, with more of the smacking than the kicking. But anyway.

-Cazzle xxx

Worked for my old stereo. Every time it decided it didn't want to play a song, or cd, I smashed it solidly right in the center. And it went "whiiirrrr click click click INSERT MUSIC HERE".

I wish that worked with my new stereo :S

Since I believe yours is a Canoscan like mine, you didn't lock the scanner head for moving did you? I always forget to unlock it before plugging it in, right up till the grinding noises start.

My Scanner is EXACTLY like Robin's. It's a canoscan 3000 ex and never done me wrong yet!