oh Toshiba Tecra A2, what ails you?
Sitting here sipping a mug of coffee, I have a few things to figure out with my laptop.
Could it be possible that I have two dying mice, or is it likely something more troubling than that. I'm betting on that latter, hoping for the former.
My notes so far- add suggestions if you please :)
My laptop mouse, once plugged in, works for a second or two, then cuts out. I had another laying around that I tried, and it too did the same. However, I am good at managing to let those things nose dive to the floor, so if either of them gave up working, I wouldn't blame them.
but I doubt it.
I also had a full day of normal mouse behavior in between the erratic mouse behavior (and now pretty much unresponsive).
So off to the Device Manager I went. Found the mice, uninstalled the drivers. Restarted, let the computer recognize and reinstall/reestablish drivers. Prior erratic behavior continues.
Use of the touchpad is now erratic (from smooth and accurate pointer movement to effortful placement and location of pointer) as well. and annoying,
Thinking it is not mouse specific at this point
Both USB ports work well -dug out an old A drive, also plugged my printer in.
So, System Restore. I can't think of any programs or other tweaking I have done to my computer recently, but I went back a couple of weeks anyways. As assumed- system restore wasn't fruitful. Could go back further.... but I don't want to at this point (if I don't have to).
so now I am stumped (or at least reticent to go where it might be going--motherboard). Laptop issues stump me easier than desk top issues. Everything is so integrated that it can be difficult to pinpoint, or even find an accurate starting point.
again, because of this, it is possible I am looking at a downhill motherboard.
but maybe not.
now I'm backing up some files to disk and flash drives.
and then some research, see what more I can come up with
oy!
(I've also since added liqueur to my coffee)
Could it be possible that I have two dying mice, or is it likely something more troubling than that. I'm betting on that latter, hoping for the former.
My notes so far- add suggestions if you please :)
My laptop mouse, once plugged in, works for a second or two, then cuts out. I had another laying around that I tried, and it too did the same. However, I am good at managing to let those things nose dive to the floor, so if either of them gave up working, I wouldn't blame them.
but I doubt it.
I also had a full day of normal mouse behavior in between the erratic mouse behavior (and now pretty much unresponsive).
So off to the Device Manager I went. Found the mice, uninstalled the drivers. Restarted, let the computer recognize and reinstall/reestablish drivers. Prior erratic behavior continues.
Use of the touchpad is now erratic (from smooth and accurate pointer movement to effortful placement and location of pointer) as well. and annoying,
Thinking it is not mouse specific at this point
Both USB ports work well -dug out an old A drive, also plugged my printer in.
So, System Restore. I can't think of any programs or other tweaking I have done to my computer recently, but I went back a couple of weeks anyways. As assumed- system restore wasn't fruitful. Could go back further.... but I don't want to at this point (if I don't have to).
so now I am stumped (or at least reticent to go where it might be going--motherboard). Laptop issues stump me easier than desk top issues. Everything is so integrated that it can be difficult to pinpoint, or even find an accurate starting point.
again, because of this, it is possible I am looking at a downhill motherboard.
but maybe not.
now I'm backing up some files to disk and flash drives.
and then some research, see what more I can come up with
oy!
(I've also since added liqueur to my coffee)