pam1@ra.MsState.Edu (Phillip A. McReynolds) (06/28/90)
Hello all. I have a mouse problem. My new Genius mouse is not functioning properly. By this, I mean that the cursor jumps to random areas of the screen occasionally and generally doesn't behave well. I have: An *original* IBM/PC power supply An XT running at 12 Mhz (no kidding - they call it a Super Turbo - Juko elec.) A seagate 30 meg hard drive. A VGA card (Paradise 256). Two floppy drives (DD). A Serial Port (driving the mouse). A multi/I/O device. Could the power supply be causing the problem? Is my system too loaded? A while back it seemed that the problem would go away the longer the computer had been running (i.e., after it'd 'warmed up'), but EVER SINCE I'VE GOTTEN THE HARD DRIVE, I experience this problem all the time. Alternately, could it be my serial card, or even the mouse? The problem does not seem to be software dependent. Emailed responses appreciated. ----------------------- pam1@ra.msstate.edu -or- sop@athena.ee.msstate.edu -or- dbeattie@msstate.bitnet
harper@convex.com (David Harper) (06/29/90)
In article <547@ra.MsState.Edu> pam1@ra.MsState.Edu (Phillip A. McReynolds) writes: >Hello all. I have a mouse problem. My new Genius mouse is not functioning >properly. By this, I mean that the cursor jumps to random areas of the screen >occasionally and generally doesn't behave well. I have seen this problem many times and in every case it has been a conflict with either port addresses or interrupt levels. Take a close look at both the serial board driving the mouse and your multi I/O board and make sure they are set correctly. Dave Harper - Convex Computer Corp. E-mail address: 3000 Waterview Pky. Richardson, TX 75081 harper@convex.COM (214) 497-4525 (W) (214) 727-4206 (H)