Several days ago I went to log on to my account on my computer, which is always
on, and the cursor was moving all around the log on screen by itself. It was as
if somebody else was controlling the cursor. I forced the computer to shut down
by holding in the power button. I waited a while and turned it back on. Same
thing. I turned the mouse off and the cursor eventually stopped moving. I
turned the mouse back on and it started moving by itself again. I shut the
computer down.
I went about my business and later that afternoon I turned my mouse off and
restarted the computer. After it booted up I logged in (you don’t need a mouse
to do that) and then turned my mouse on and once the computer recognized the
mouse the cursor started moving by itself. I had to force the computer to shut
down. I turned off my mouse and got my wife’s mouse (both are apple bluetooth
mice), turned it on and rebooted the computer. I logged in to my account and it
took the computer a long long time to connect to my wife’s mouse. Once it did,
the cursor again started moving all by itself. It was really weird. I called
TechRestore and told them about the problem and said I would bring in the
computer the next day. The technician said I should reset my p-ram before I
before I bring in the computer, as that might solve the problem.
I did and the problem was resolved. Yeah TechRestore!
I had turned off both my mouse and my wife’s. After restarting the computer I
turned on my mouse and it took a really, really long time (±5 minutes although
it seemed like much longer) for the computer to discover and connect to my
mouse.
It’s been working fine ever since resetting the P-Ram.
Here’s how you do that!
With the computer turned off hold down the command, option, p, and r
keys and turn the computer back on. It will chime, go dark, chime go dark, and
chime once again before restarting.
The Technician had told me it would only chime twice but, as I said above it
chimed 3 times.
Thanks TechRestore
Anybody have any idea why the cursor would start moving around by itself and
why did resetting the P-Ram correct the problem?
Thanks.
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