Continuing mouse crisis
Sep. 30th, 2010 06:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drpaisleyI have a Kensington Pilot Board Wireless Laser Desktop Set. Tuesday evening, the left button on the mouse stopped working. I could move the cursor, and things I moused over would react onscreen, but I could not access pulldown menus or the Dock. I borrowed a wired usb mouse (Inland brand) from Dragonet, and it worked briefly, then it froze. Didn't matter if I had it plugged into my usb hub, or the usb 2.0 board in the computer, or the built-in original usb 1.1 ports.
Wednesday morning I borrowed Rohanna's Logitech usb wireless mouse, and it seemed to work fine for the hour or so I used it. After work, I went out to MicroCenter and discovered I couldn't get an exact replacement for the mouse that came with the original set without buying the whole thing again. Since the keyboard was functioning just peachily, I thought $70 was a bit much to spend. I wound up with a Kensington Ci60 Opticall Wireless Mouse, which came the closest to what I was using before (none of the mice available had the combination of buttons the original one, and most had none. WTF?).
I got home and plugged its dongle in and booted up. Seemed to be working fine for a couple of hours, and then once again nothing. New batteries and shifting of dongle again no help.
So, pretend Internet friends, I call upon your superior knowledge: what in the wide world of sports is agoin' on here? Is something interfering with the wireless signal of a sudden? I have added no new items to the computer or the general area. And why does the wired mouse lock up after a short period? Note: When it does, I unplug it for a few minutes, plug it in again and it works. For a bit.
The computer in question is a G4 Dual 450, and if anyone wants to throw large amounts of cash at me, I'll be happy to upgrade, but otherwise that ain't gonna be happening any time soon.
Help me LJ overmind! You're my only hope! (I'm doomed, right?)
Wednesday morning I borrowed Rohanna's Logitech usb wireless mouse, and it seemed to work fine for the hour or so I used it. After work, I went out to MicroCenter and discovered I couldn't get an exact replacement for the mouse that came with the original set without buying the whole thing again. Since the keyboard was functioning just peachily, I thought $70 was a bit much to spend. I wound up with a Kensington Ci60 Opticall Wireless Mouse, which came the closest to what I was using before (none of the mice available had the combination of buttons the original one, and most had none. WTF?).
I got home and plugged its dongle in and booted up. Seemed to be working fine for a couple of hours, and then once again nothing. New batteries and shifting of dongle again no help.
So, pretend Internet friends, I call upon your superior knowledge: what in the wide world of sports is agoin' on here? Is something interfering with the wireless signal of a sudden? I have added no new items to the computer or the general area. And why does the wired mouse lock up after a short period? Note: When it does, I unplug it for a few minutes, plug it in again and it works. For a bit.
The computer in question is a G4 Dual 450, and if anyone wants to throw large amounts of cash at me, I'll be happy to upgrade, but otherwise that ain't gonna be happening any time soon.
Help me LJ overmind! You're my only hope! (I'm doomed, right?)
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Date: 2010-09-30 04:01 pm (UTC)It being Applish, I have no good techie advice.