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jlockley

jlockley

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Nov 28, 2001
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Recently the curser from my PS2 ball mouse began to lock. Assuming that one more rodent had bit the dust, I went out and picked up a Compac Optical, removed the first to update the drivers. Worked for a couple of days, then began to freeze again. The computer responds to left/right click. Curser only is frozen.

USB mouse works.

Here the question:

What is the probable cause. Hoping it is not the mother board, but if it is, I should probably know it. (Memory seems to be all right).

Suggestions appreciated.
 
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Is the Compaq mouse USB or PS2? If it is PS2 you might try to make friends with someone who has a USB mouse and see if that fixes your problem. Then I would find another friend with a KNOWN working PS2 mouse and see if it works. If they both work you just had a severely bad case of coincidence.
 
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USB works. Old ps2 and new ps2 freeze. Also my backup ps2 freezes. That is, mouse works (right/left click). It's the curser that freezes.

I have one more thing to try. It is on an extension chord. There could be a whacked out wire.
 
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