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Article #6Re: Cause of MousePort X-Y Failure Needed (Mouse Works Perfectly)
From: bro
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
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On 26 Feb 97 20:20:30 -600, Daniel J. Andrea II <dandrea@unix.tfs.net> wrote: >Christian Stieber <stieber@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> said >in comp.sys.amiga.hardware on 26-Feb-97 14:33:58 --> > CS> Pat Fish (fishp@sunyit.edu) wrote: > >>> What would cause the mouseport to stop reading the X-Y motion of the >>> mouse? >>> I have verified that the mice are in working order. It's the mouse port >>> that doesn't work. The mouseport does however, detect when the >>> mouse-buttons are pressed. > > CS> Chances are the fuse is blown. Look for a small thing that looks like > CS> a resistor, but doesn't have colors. It's probably located somewhere > CS> near the mouseport, and might be labelled with F?. Just bridge it with > CS> a piece of wire and see if this gets the mouse working again. > >BE CAREFUL! I've looked over both my A3000 and A500 schematics extensively over >the last couple of weeks and those "F?" parts most likely are NOT fuses. On MOST likely it is a CIA that has gone. If there is some other part of your amiga that does not work either (floppy drives keep giving errors, or something else that is WIERD). OR you may need a new mouse.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f6d9a,b3e036ef805e2cc8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6d9a,public X-Google-Thread: 13e2f1,b3e036ef805e2cc8 X-Google-Attributes: gid13e2f1,public X-Google-Thread: f7e4d,b3e036ef805e2cc8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7e4d,public X-Google-Thread: 103f72,b3e036ef805e2cc8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103f72,public X-Google-Thread: 1131a8,b3e036ef805e2cc8 X-Google-Attributes: gid1131a8,public X-Google-Thread: 10c68f,b3e036ef805e2cc8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c68f,public X-Google-Thread: feb27,b3e036ef805e2cc8 X-Google-Attributes: gidfeb27,public From: bro@spots.ab.ca Subject: Re: Cause of MousePort X-Y Failure Needed (Mouse Works Perfectly) Date: 1997/03/02 Message-ID: <5fbp0f$e7m@nr1.calgary.istar.net> X-Deja-AN: 222513009 References: <Pine.HPP.3.95.970225163429.23846I-100000@demeter.info.sunyit.edu> <5f26nm$44u@sunsystem5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <2744.6996T1220T1539@unix.tfs.net> Organization: iSTAR internet Incorporated Newsgroups: rpi.sys.amiga,amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,sabbath.rechner.amiga.hardware-talk,t-netz.rechner.amiga.hardware,z-netz.alt.rechner.amiga.hardware,zer.z-netz.rechner.amiga.hardware