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Re: Buzzing mice?

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From: Taso Hatzi
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00
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Brett McSweeney wrote:
> 
> buzzing noize whenever the mouse is moved.  This doesn't happen in Windows
> on the same machine.  Is the mouse location being continually updated to
> the hard drive or what, does anyone know?  Can it be turned off?  gpm -k

It's the sound mouse feet make when they pitter patter several hundred
times a second.

I put it down to EMF finding it's way into my sound card. I can quieten
it away by turning down the gain on unconnected input sources, but the
gain levels seem to get forgotten when I shut down the computer.
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Date: 1999/01/07
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