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In article <salvation-films-2906991034380001@redjez.demon.co.uk>,
salvation-films@redjez.demon.co.uk (Salvation Films Ltd) wrote:

>I'm running os 8.1 on an old LC  475. 
>
>Up 'till now it's been fine. Now I'm having a problem with the
>mouse/cursor, which occasionally freezes on screen. When I unplug and then
>replug the mouse in, it works again, but slowly, so I have to restart the
>Mac.
>
>Maybe an hour or so later, it'll do the same thing...
>
>Is this a mouse problem, a keyboard problem, or something else?

It's probably a mouse problem. However, if you keep on unplugging and
plugging in your mouse with the power on, eventually it'll become a
permanant motherboard problem - the (non-replacable without a soldering
iron) fuse in the ADB circuitry will blow. ADB is *not* hot-swappable,
although it will work most of the time.

I'd suggest you try using a different mouse for a while.

Paul Durrant

Salvation Films Ltd <salvation-films@redjez.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I'm running os 8.1 on an old LC  475. 
> 
> Up 'till now it's been fine. Now I'm having a problem with the
> mouse/cursor, which occasionally freezes on screen. When I unplug and then
> replug the mouse in, it works again, but slowly, so I have to restart the
> Mac.
> 
> Maybe an hour or so later, it'll do the same thing...
> 
> Is this a mouse problem, a keyboard problem, or something else?
> 
I had this problem a while back; in my case caused by the mouse cable
(like stereo headphones, the wire gets flexed quite a bit, and has a
tendency to fail near the cable ends). 

If you have an Apple monitor and use the pass-through ADB ports, try
connecting the keyboard/mouse directly to the Mac.

There is a control strip module called 'jolt mouse' or something like
(try doing a search at www.download.com) that which will re-enable
normal mouse speed without having to restart your Mac.

You'll probably find that the problem will get worse over time, so a new
mouse will probably be required.

Mark Ingle <mark.ingle@nospam.ukonline.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

> You'll probably find that the problem will get worse over time, so a new
> mouse will probably be required.

If it's just a cable problem, it's not hard to replace if you're handy
with a soldering iron.

Rowland.

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Sounds peculiar, but I would recommend using disk first aid to see if there is
a problem with the HD.  You might want to rebuild the desktop too (Do you do
this weekly?)

Have you cleaned the scuzz out from the rollers inside the mouse?