[CS-FSLUG] OT: weird mouse behaviour

[Frank Bax]

Problem solved!  The last time machine went through wipe/load and sent back 
to the house, they continued to use their old mouse/keyboard.  When I sent 
them the mouse/keyboard that were used during wipe/load, the system is 
working fine.  I'm guessing this means the problem was somehow driver 
related after all.


At 09:41 AM 4/20/06, Frank Bax wrote:

>One thing I forgot to mention in original post was that after installing
>Win98 on one of the 300PL's, I used Norton Ghost to clone the hard disk for
>each of the other systems.  Thinking that might also be contributing to the
>problem, I decided to go with Tim's advice.  I put the hard disk back into
>original case, formatted it and installed Win98 from original cdrom.  Sent
>the system back to house - and - still the same problem.  I'm thinking the
>problem must be something environmental, but I can't imagine what it might be.
>
>
>At 11:27 AM 4/6/06, Tim Young wrote:
>
> >I have had similar behavior with Win98. After fiddling with it for a bit
> >I simply reinstalled the computer. Reinstalling did fix it.
> >
> >- Tim Young
> >
> >Frank Bax wrote:
> >
> > >At the non-profit where I provide all the IT support, I've come across a
> > >wierd problem.  We got a dozen used IBM 300PL systems (P3-500) and 
> deployed
> > >them with Win98SE.  Units went into group homes run by the agency to be
> > >used by staff.  At one home, after only a few minutes of using OpenOffice
> > >(calc) any movement of the mouse would cause erratic behaviour such as
> > >opening new windows, attempting to close others, scrolling to new areas of
> > >spreadsheet etc.  I asked for the machine to be returned to my office for
> > >analysis.  It worked flawlessly and was sent back where it immediately
> > >acted up again.  We tried several different mice and no change.  Then I
> > >found out the case was sitting on top if a mini refrigerator, so that was
> > >moved to other side of the room.  Still no change.  The machine came back
> > >to my office and I moved the hard drive into another case.  Staff report
> > >that frequency of problem seems to be slightly reduced, but still a big
> > >problem.  A friend mentioned that he had seen EM interference cause
> > >problems if any expansion slots were left open; and his system worked
> > >flawless when all holes in case were closed.  I visited the house and 
> there
> > >were no "holes" in the case.  Only case, monitor, desk lamp and radio
> > >plugged into (surge suppression) power bar.  We plugged the monitor
> > >directly into the wall outlet and unplugged the lamp and radio.  Mouse is
> > >still erratic.  Any ideas?
> > >
> > >Frank