Me too. Mine is a a late 2012 model -so it’s 5 years old.
> On Jan 10, 2018, at 5:08 PM, Alex Whitman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've only had the cursor-gone-wild issue once, on a 2001 iMac, and it was the > first hint that the logic board was dying. Hope that's not the case for you. > > Alex > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:22 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=eI_tew7LDEENSxS2oIAcDHsDmTU31hpP3buLAkKrpsA&s=U7jzdJDD4lqAdVDNxgfh-CLqgWJyESoTCeKxuqGEH9Y&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=eI_tew7LDEENSxS2oIAcDHsDmTU31hpP3buLAkKrpsA&s=U7jzdJDD4lqAdVDNxgfh-CLqgWJyESoTCeKxuqGEH9Y&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
