[HM] Re: Erratic cursor

[Jane Sprando]

Bob, my keyboard is fine. I have a flat screen iMac, so no tower to worry
about.

Jane

> From: Bob K <itheshopper at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: "Home Macintosh Users List"<HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:54:37 -0500
> To: "Home Macintosh Users List" <HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [HM] Re: Erratic cursor
> 
> Jane, and others with same problem:
> 
> I had the same intermittent problem, dead cursor AND dead keyboard
> that worsened and became more and more frequent with time, eventually
> permanent. Fixes that worked initally, started not to work any more.
> In the end my dual G4 started up with a dead mouse and dead keyboard
> even from the Panther installation disk, or from the Apple Hardware
> test CD. It all ended up with Apple replacing the Logic Board, luckily
> before my warranty expired but, it was a close call with less than two
> weeks left in the warranty.  Personally, I suspect that it was a heat
> problem.  I increased the ventilation around the tower, by adding a
> small fan to my set-up, just in case...
> 
> By the way, did your keyboard go dead also, with the rest of the
> system still running aimlessly?
> 
> Bob
> 
> On Mar 18, 2004, at 2:11, Jane Sprando wrote:
> 
>> I am running 9.2.2/10.2 on an iMac that boots into both systems. Right
>> now I
>> am using 9.2.2.
>> 
>> My cursor seems to take on a mind of its own. Sometimes it just goes
>> to the
>> upper right corner of the screen. at times, it gets stuck (like when I
>> am
>> playing Snood) and it won't move unless I quit the application.
>> 
>> Anyone have a clue for this bad behavior???????????
>> 
>> Jane
>> 
>> By the way, what should Energy Saver be set to? sometimes this iMac
>> doesn't
>> want to wake up!