Hi Ward, Yes, I did the "Install and Archive" for Panther, and my other data, settings and preferences (except for Palm syncing, which I expected) were preserved. I suspect a software issue since outside mice behave the same way when tested on this iMac, but I will try this mouse on another Mac asap and come back with more info.
Thanks, Alex On Nov 13, 2003, at 5:41 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Hopefully when you installed Panther, you performed an ?Install and > Archive?. ?If you installed Panther using the upgrade option, you may > want to reinstall Panther. > > Also, try your flakey mouse on another Mac to test whether the problem > moves with your mouse or not. ?And also try a different mouse on your > Mac. > > Ward > > Ward Oldham, MacDude > MacTown > 1041 Bardstown Road > Louisville, KY ?40204 > 502-485-1243 > ward at mactown.us > http://www.mactown.us > > > > > My flat panel iMac's optical mouse pointer is behaving very > erratically. ?It seems to have a mind of its own and jumps across the > screen at inopportune moments. > > Recent system changes: > ????-folks at MacTown replaced the logic board (thanks!) > ????-installed a 512 RAM memory upgrade chip > ????-installed an AirPort card > ????-upgraded from 10.2.8 (2nd edition) to Panther > > I seem to recall that the mouse was a little bit flakey before any of > this happened, but it was very rare. ?Now it is happening often enough > to be frustrating. > > Last night I looked at some Mac discussion forums, where people said > there had been problems with USB devices (like mice) since 10.2.6. > > I have tried 2 different Logitech mice (both work fine on Windows > computers) with no improvement. I also tried plugging the mouse into > the other port on the other side of the keyboard. Plugging the mouse > into a USB port on the back of the computer seemed to help temporarily > but is not a permanent fix (also the cord is short and so are my > arms!). ?Restarts with and without the mouse help for a short period of > time. > > Any suggestions? Please? > > In search of a better mousetrap, > Alex Whitman > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be November 25. The LCS Web page is<http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is<http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 5788 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20031113/1039d409/attachment.bin
