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From: FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:51:47 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error> At 11:19 PM 12/9/2002 -0300, you wrote: > >****************** > > > >Thanks for the reply Femme, > >I was actually under the impression that it would "easier" to use > >the MS Intellimouse as a PS/2. I haven't tried it as USB. > >It's working OK really, just the occasional error comes up. > > > >I am dual-booting an MS system too...no probs with the mouse there. > >Shouldn't be either...after all it's an MS mouse! > > > >I do have a free USB port. You think it would be better to try that? > >Mdk 9.0 hasn't been the most USB friendly system. I had quite > >a battle to get my Epson USB printer up and printing! :-( > >I did get it working though, after a scrap. Works OK now. > > > >Thanks for the help. All the best. > > > >--Angus > > > >"Success is the art of being who you are." > > > Dear Sweety: > > Some info for you tho: USB is faster in its polling rate than > PS/2/2. Once you try it you never want to go back, especially if you > game! Caveat: It can be a bit hard to setup. Email me off-list for help > if you wish. > > Finally, USB Offers a way of working around IRQ's & their conflicts, should > that be a problem... as it is all daisy chained off of one central > "HUB". Hard to explain but basically think of a pinwheel. The centre is > the Master HUB controller chip on the mobo. From there it will allocate > addresses & Space for each USB Device in use at any one time. > > The explanation can be more complex of course, but you get the idea. > > As for it being better in terms of performance, see above. And honestly > I've had nothing but smooth sailing on anything from 8.0 - 8.2 on > MDK. Haven't tried it on 9.0 yet tho. So I will load that today & See for ya. > > The Only time i had trouble was in 8 or 8.2 I think when I had to have the > mouse be on a PS/2/2 port to install the system. After that I ran > "Mousedrake" in a term & set it to USB. > > So... have fun! > --- > Femme > ******************************************************************** Thanks for for your insights and explanation FemmeFatale (fatal woman...hmmm). I'm not having any IRQ conflicts or anything like that, and I'm not a gamer. Is there any noticeable difference in performance between USB & PS/2 when just doing regular non-gaming computing? I will wait to hear how your USB mouse works with Mdk 9.0. Maybe I'll switch to USB too. Thanks for your kind offer of off list help too. You're definitely a sweety ;-) I think Technoslick is on to something about jarring the mouse causing the error. I usually reach down to turn on my sub-woofer when booting up (vice-versa when shutting down), and I do bump the drawer that my mouse and keyboard are on sometimes! That is a very likely explanation Technoslick. I'll watch out for that! Best regards....and thanks a bunch. --Angus "Happiness and success is to find and develop our special gifts found inside each of us. And true mastering is achieved when these gifts are shared with others." *********************************************** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *********************************************** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *********************************************** -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze
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