[P1] very weird thing with trackpad

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A friend here in wintery (dry air) Wisconsin was having lots of 
trouble printing with a new G4 and Epson printer. Finally solved the 
problem by covering the computer table top with aluminum foil and 
grounding it to the electical outlet. No more zaps.



>I live in FL, so I don't know much about this stuff, but I think it's YOU
>shocking the computer.  Try grounding yourself to something metal before
>touching it.
>
>Paul
>
>
>On 1/21/03 11:36 PM, "Shahara9 at aol.com" <Shahara9 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>  Now, this has happened twice...
>>  My house is really dry (since its been 0 degrees outside lately)
>>  and when I sit at the computer and touch the keyboard, I sometimes get
>>  (give?) a big shock
>>  then...my 'mouse' trackpad goes v e r y   s l o w l y, and I have to move my
>>  fingers
>>  over and over to get the 'mouse' to move, a little at a time (like 15 times
>>  to move across screen).
>>  When I re-boot, it works fine again.
>>
>>  Weird, huh?
>>  ~shahara
>
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