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Topic: Wandering mouse cursor (Read 665 times)
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malcshogun
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Got a problem with my Toshiba laptop (Satellite M70 Pentium Centrino). A recuring, but intermittent problem has been my mouse cursor getting a mind of its own and wandering across the screen towards the top left hand corner. This only occurs when an exterhal mouse is attached. As soon as you unplug it, the wandering stops. Plug it back in and it sometimes resumes. I sent it back to Toshiba under warranty and they wiped the hard drive and said it was okay.  Lasted about 2 days and problem started again.  I've tried regularly cleaning the drive and also cleaning out the registry, but the problem always returns. I've also tried turning off the touchpad, but no improvement. Any one had a similar problem or know of a fix? Starting to Pee me off as it makes graphic work really difficult. Cheers Malc |
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TinyTim
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Sounds like a dry solder joint on the external mouse connector where this is soldered to a system board. If you have tried another mouse and it still does it, the problem must be theirs !  |
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malcshogun
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Tried different mice and all three USB ports.  Wouldn't be so bad if it was happening all the time. Easy to show them at Toshiba. Thanks anyway Tim Cheers Malc |
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craig
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If it's an optical mouse, and you're using it on the wrong sort of mat that can cause it
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malcshogun
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Hi Craig. Never thought of that  What type would you suggest? Malc |
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terryfinck
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I'm using an optical mouse on my PC on a flat black mouse matt and my cursor occasionally goes wandering off on it's own!
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craig
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The mats in the clubshop work well (although I do make em, so I might be a bit biased)
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Dabsy
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Get another mouse to test... If it does the same then mouse port is faulty  DAZ |
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Mudlark
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Get another mouse to test... If it does the same then mouse port is faulty DAZ Shouldn't that be mouse hole?  |
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joecole2384
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why not just kill the little B'stard, any mouse wandering over my screen gets the chop  |
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Johnag
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I found applying a small touch of Suer glue to their feet stops them from wandering... |
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