[Ti] Jumpy mouse pointer

[CBIRDS]

on 5/26/2003 12:14 PM, Bill Planey at bplaney at sbcglobal.net wrote:

> For some time I've had problems with my mouse pointer jumping to some
> far-away point on the screen, usually the bottom left corner, when I am
> doing practically anything.  It happens at seemingly random moments - I
> could be attempting to navigate to a choice on a submenu, or just moving
> from one spot to another, getting ready to click on a button, or dragging a
> selection marquee... Then boom, the pointer is completely somewhere else.
> 
> Apple heard me describe this problem when my computer was still under
> warranty, and they sent me a replacement Pro Mouse. It never really went
> away, but it seems to be happening more frequently since upgrading to
> 10.2.6.
> 
> My system: TiBook 400 with 512 mb ram and 10 gig internal drive. Both USB
> ports occupied (keyboard/mouse takes one, Canon scanner the other). I do not
> have a USB hub.  This system does occasionally fail to recognize an item
> plugged into the USB port - so, for example, if it won't recognize the
> keyboard plugged into the left USB port, shifting it over to the right one
> will usually allow the keyboard to be recognized.  That has happened with
> more than one keyboard and the scanner and the mouse, so the device itself
> cannot be faulted.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
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I'm sure you know this but the optical mouse does not like white or glass
surfaces. I use a dark one-color mouse pad.