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  • mouse not working on power mac please help

    Posted by David Gleeson on January 19, 2010 at 12:22 am

    i have a power mac g5 and when i turned the mac on the mouse is not working. I have tried all usb ports different mouses and now i think the keyboard is playing up what do i do can someone please help me.

    David Gleeson replied 16 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Pasi Koivisto

    January 20, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    So, you tried the mouse on all usb ports, you tried different mouses and this did not work. You also say the keyboard doesn’t work?

    This is either a software problem or a hardware problem. Easiest way to find out is that you boot the G5 from another install or the installation DVD and check is the mouse and keyboard work. If they work you have a software problem, step one would be to install the latest combo updater and if that does not work do a reinstall.

    If however the mouse and keyboard does not work it’s probably a hardware problem and you will have to have a apple support technician look at it.

    /Pasi

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    Mac Pro, 8×3 Ghz, 8 Gb ram, ATI Radeon HD 4870, KONA 3, Sony PVM20L4, Tangent Devices Wave.

  • David Gleeson

    January 21, 2010 at 6:03 am

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP I DID A REINSTALL.
    I FOUND OUT THE MOUSE DRIVERS VANISHED.
    BUT ALL GOOD NOW THANKS AGAIN.

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