Folks, I use a Panasonic CF-27 Toughbook as my tuner and data logger
laptop. On the salt during the first run, I did something in the initial
setup to start the data logging that I had not done before and it pretty
much killed something.
I started the laptop's data logging program and verified that it was
logging data. I closed it up and latched it. I have the laptop set up so
that no action is taken when the screen is closed like this and have
used it this way many times. I use a bungee cord to hold it secure in
it's cradle. This time, I left the mouse connected and slipped it under
the bungee cord to hold it in place. That was the wrong thing to do.
Apparently the bungee "clicked or half clicked" one or both of the
mouse buttons and held it in that condition. After the run, I went to
look for data and there was none. But the mouse would not work. I tried
another mouse and when the laptop boots up and gets to the windows
screen, if the mouse is touched the cursor goes berserk. The cursor
flies all over the screen opening menus, programs, shutting them down
closing things opening things and in general just making a mess.
Curiously though, if I leave the mouse unplugged, it is a PS2 unit, and
plug it in after the boot up, it works just fine. This is pretty
annoying, lol. I have unloaded the mouse driver and let the computer
reload it. I have loaded MS Intellipoint 6.1 Mouse program with no
change in results. Has anyone experienced anything like this? Any one
have any other ideas on what might be wrong? Or how to repair? While I
don't know exactly how it works, I suspect the interrupt handler for the
mouse is befarkled somehow. The laptop has a touch pad which works
perfectly fine... Could a small elecronic component failure do this?
Alas, I am lost in these matters.. The mouse that was attached was a
ball type and the current one is a optical..all with the same
indications. Even tried a USB mouse with a PS2 adapter...same thing.
Also tried the USB mouse directly with the same results...
Oops, I am using Win XP PRO, SP2. forgot to add that if it is important.
mayf, anxiousl;y awaiting
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