• Apple OS X

  mouse stuck in corner??????

  Posted by Justin Gray on September 28, 2005 at 10:29 pm

  Lately when I boot up my dual 867 G4 the mouse is stuck in the upper left corner. I cannot get it to respond. My desktop appears to be operating fine but the mouse aint workin’ Any ideas? -J

  Joe Dupont replied 20 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Filip Vandueren

  September 29, 2005 at 12:05 am

  Seems like a stupid low level corruption,
  something like 1 byte in some mouse driver software that’s gone kaput.

  If you try to boot from an OS CD, and don’t have the same problem (so you’re sure it’s not hardware mouse or trackpad related)
  Then it looks like a full re-install of the OS is all you can do to get out of this.
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  Justin Gray

  September 29, 2005 at 4:28 am

  yikes!!! thanks
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  Chuck Reti

  September 29, 2005 at 4:38 am

  Have you tried unplugging the mouse and plugging it back in to the same or a different USB port, or tried another mouse?
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  Joe Dupont

  September 29, 2005 at 6:08 pm

  Tried another mouse?

  The Apple mouse that shipped with the some G4s is prone to develop a short in its cable, where it connects to body of the mouse.

  This makes them prone to “freezing” and other erratic behavior.

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