on 02.08.2004 15:59, pace at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been having a strange problem on my s900. > It all started when I had to replace my trusty ole > ADB kensington orbit trackball, due to it no longer > was working correctly, even tho it had been cleaned. > <snip> > > They since had added an adapter to be able to use it > for ADB or USB. Either way, you HAD to use the adapter. >
What is it adapted from? > The instructions said you didn't have to load the software > so I choose not too, since it said you only needed it IF > you wanted to be able to program the buttons on it. Without a specific device driver, Mac OS 9 or earlier will recognize the cursor position, "mouse down," and "mouse up" events; Mac OS X 10.2 and later will also recognize a second button as a "ctl-click." > After hooking up the new trackball, everything was good > for about a week, then I would be starting up my s900, > it would get halfway started? or so, & just restart on it's > own, 2-3 times or more if I let it go on. If it didn't do > that, it would freeze up, sometime during the startup. > Do you have a defective ADB port? Try the other one ;) > I called tech support, & they said I had a defective trackball > so they sent out a new one for me. Well guess what... > I have the same problem! Do you have a defective/dirty ADB port? Or is there PRAM or device driver corruption? Try resetting PRAM first; if no relief, then do the CUDA reset--hopefully that won't have a too negative an impact on XPostFacto... > > I have switched keyboards & tried the new trackballs, > to no avail. I have trashed the finder & system pref's > & the mouse pref's. Is this under Mac OS 9.x or X10.3x? FWIW, I have found that the path of least resistance works for me: hang on to the best ADB keyboard, and go with USB for all other input devices. This has saved me so much grief: <http://www.usboverdrive.com/> Peace, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
