Da_bang80
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quote:Originally posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge: Trackball? Wow... I haven't used one since 1997. I'd consider switching to an optical mouse; there are no moving parts to clean and can work on any surface, even on the human torso.
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I use my optical mouse on my leg, it's a lot more comfortable than stretching my arm out to the desk.
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Hmm... further experimenting. My PS/2 port is fine, seeing as other mice work. My trackball is fine, seeing as it works on my desktop. Thus, the problem is in the software interface. I've downloaded the drivers with no success. Further suggestions?
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Curiouser and curiouser. The trackball works consistantly IF I drape the cord over the upper-left corner of the screen. This has no effect on the actual position of the connector in the jack. Frelling dumb. But, hey, it works, and I get to keep using my three-button PS/2.
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Time to get a deluxe optical wireless USB-connected receiver trackball. Heh.
Out of curiosity, maybe you should check the connector betwen the jack and the motherboard inside the case, assuming that the connector isn't part of the motherboard itself.
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Methinks you ought to replace the cord. Sounds like one of the wires running through the thing is broken.
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That would have been my guess, were I required to make one. But how do you propose I do this?
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Changing a cord is really very simple, you might not even have to change the whole cord. First check the cord for any obvious nicks, cuts, squashes. Second if you don't find any, position the cord where the tb works fine, then wiggle the cord (nearest connectors, or where it goes into the TB) and see if you can get the TB to stop working. If you find the area you may be able to cut the cord and spice it back together. If this method does not work or you feel better about replacing the whole thing, Open the tb up and determine how many wires are in the cord. You will also have to determine where the wires go on the pinouts, at the connector. Go to an Electronics store and get a peice of the required cable, with a connector already on it would be preferable, and remake the end needed to connect to the tb itself. Or if the tb end of the cord is soldered to the board inside and you don't feel comfortable soldering to the board, then just cut the cord inside the tb(a cord inside is usually protected from breakage) and spice the new cord to the old one.
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Then after factoring in the time taken to do all of this, dividing by pi, and multipled by the hourly rate you make at work, you may find it less expensive to buy a new one....
Had that happen to a mouse once, I found that I had placed the monitors base on it, then with the kids adjusting the monitor for their viewing pleasure it went to hell in a hand basket...
Other mice I have worn out, the connection at the mouse went out. I can see this with a moving mouse, but a track ball shouldn't be moved that much....
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