OT: Slow Mouse

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Jim Thompson

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My Sony Vaio combo PS/2 port actually will not support both an
external keyboard and mouse at the same time, so I bought an IOGear
PS/2 to USB adapter.

Now both function.

However, the mouse sweep rate is very slow... have to go nearly across
my whole mousepad to sweep across the screen.

I located a USB mouse driver on the Sony site, purportedly for my Vaio
model (PCG-FX190K), but during the install it errors out with "Not for
your model".

Anyone else experienced this, or know a solution, or another source of
USB mouse driver that's compatible with the Vaio?

(My Googling has come up zero.)

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
Jim Thompson wrote:
My Sony Vaio combo PS/2 port actually will not support both an
external keyboard and mouse at the same time, so I bought an IOGear
PS/2 to USB adapter.

Now both function.

However, the mouse sweep rate is very slow... have to go nearly across
my whole mousepad to sweep across the screen.

I located a USB mouse driver on the Sony site, purportedly for my Vaio
model (PCG-FX190K), but during the install it errors out with "Not for
your model".

Anyone else experienced this, or know a solution, or another source of
USB mouse driver that's compatible with the Vaio?

(My Googling has come up zero.)

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...
There's usually a setup for mouse speed in your control panel under
"mouse", and some drivers have strange opinions about how fast it should
be by default. You've already tried to get in there and speed it up?

Maybe you need longer arms?

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com
 
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:32:12 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

My Sony Vaio combo PS/2 port actually will not support both an
external keyboard and mouse at the same time, so I bought an IOGear
PS/2 to USB adapter.

Now both function.

However, the mouse sweep rate is very slow... have to go nearly across
my whole mousepad to sweep across the screen.

I located a USB mouse driver on the Sony site, purportedly for my Vaio
model (PCG-FX190K), but during the install it errors out with "Not for
your model".

Anyone else experienced this, or know a solution, or another source of
USB mouse driver that's compatible with the Vaio?

(My Googling has come up zero.)
Click to expand...
Use the adapter for keyboard and the PS/2 for the mouse? Not really a
solution, but it may function as a decent workaround.
 
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:01:49 -0700, Tim Wescott
<tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
My Sony Vaio combo PS/2 port actually will not support both an
external keyboard and mouse at the same time, so I bought an IOGear
PS/2 to USB adapter.

Now both function.

However, the mouse sweep rate is very slow... have to go nearly across
my whole mousepad to sweep across the screen.

I located a USB mouse driver on the Sony site, purportedly for my Vaio
model (PCG-FX190K), but during the install it errors out with "Not for
your model".

Anyone else experienced this, or know a solution, or another source of
USB mouse driver that's compatible with the Vaio?

(My Googling has come up zero.)

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

There's usually a setup for mouse speed in your control panel under
"mouse", and some drivers have strange opinions about how fast it should
be by default. You've already tried to get in there and speed it up?

Maybe you need longer arms?
Click to expand...
It shows up in Device Manager as "HID-compliant mouse", but with no
settings capability.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
"Charles W. Johson Jr." <qrus19@mindsprUng.com past to present>
wrote in message
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:
: > >go to MOUSE in Control Panel, the settings
: > >for mouse speed are there as are the mouse
: > >trails and etc...
: > >Charles
: > >
: > Yep, it's there, and the hardware tab shows
: > both the touchpad and the "HID-compliant mouse",
: > but the speed settings are only varying the
: > touchpad speed.
: > ...Jim Thompson
:
: You may have to go into System/hardware/device
: manager and disable the touchpad before you get
: the mouse control you are looking for or you might
: goto say logitec and download a USB mouse driver.
: My solution was to buy a USB mouse.
: Charles

Disabling or better still, uninstalling disconnected
devices is always recommended, otherwise, you still
have drivers installed/loaded that don't pertain to
your new hardware.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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You may have to go into System/hardware/device
manager and disable the touchpad before you get
the mouse control you are looking for or you might
goto say logitec and download a USB mouse driver.
My solution was to buy a USB mouse.
Click to expand...
I have a Vaio notebook too. You cannot use two different drivers on a single
PS2 line, but you can get a Logitech USB-mouse and with mouseware you can
select the different devices and both can function simultaneously with their
respective drivers.
The other possibility is to disable the touchpad (in the setup program),
install the right driver for the mouse or better use the normal windows
driver and then activate the touchpad again, hoping that it works at least
in the basic functions. Fancy pull-and-click will get lost, but since you
have the mouse it won't matter.
--
ciao Ban
Bordighera, Italy
 
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:32:12 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

My Sony Vaio combo PS/2 port actually will not support both an
external keyboard and mouse at the same time, so I bought an IOGear
PS/2 to USB adapter.

Now both function.

However, the mouse sweep rate is very slow... have to go nearly across
my whole mousepad to sweep across the screen.

I located a USB mouse driver on the Sony site, purportedly for my Vaio
model (PCG-FX190K), but during the install it errors out with "Not for
your model".

Anyone else experienced this, or know a solution, or another source of
USB mouse driver that's compatible with the Vaio?

(My Googling has come up zero.)

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...
After many tries at various settings (and cabling) the following
works...

Disable HID-compliant (USB) mouse.

Route mouse via PS/2 port (normal speed returns).

Keyboard via USB.

Now I can hang my laptop onto my KVM and utilize yet another CPU for
simulations ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
news:ru99f0l2hoehrch3hh0spca7l4a761tf67@4ax.com...
My Sony Vaio combo PS/2 port actually will not support both an
external keyboard and mouse at the same time, so I bought an IOGear
PS/2 to USB adapter.

Now both function.

However, the mouse sweep rate is very slow... have to go nearly across
my whole mousepad to sweep across the screen.

I located a USB mouse driver on the Sony site, purportedly for my Vaio
model (PCG-FX190K), but during the install it errors out with "Not for
your model".

Anyone else experienced this, or know a solution, or another source of
USB mouse driver that's compatible with the Vaio?

(My Googling has come up zero.)

Thanks!
Click to expand...
Hi Jim- of course, you do seem to have a software driver problem, but
this comes to mind as worth sharing with everyone anyway.
I have to tell you, if a mouse starts working erratically (drifting to
one corner, slowing down) it can be a sign that the PC's power supply is
being loaded down. My main office computer here started showing weird mouse
behavior a few days back. I have an optical mouse and when you lifted it,
the cursor would slide toward a corner of the screen. Odd in itself, I
wondered if I had a virus.
Soon, I smelled hot phenolic and fiberglass. Smoke began to come out of
the case and the screen went black. The LEDs were still on but the machines
was dead.
I replaced the power supply (which is typically the cause of such
things) and it started right up. After a few seconds, however, smoke was
pouring out of the case. I shut it down and opened it, and three power
transistors (surface mount jobs) were so hot that they were sliding off
their solder mount areas!! One had a hole blown in it, the other two were
just along for the ride. They were every other one in the area where the
dual rectifiers and power transistors are lined up.
I did not have spares, had to get another motherboard, but the lesson
was clear. Odd symptoms can be caused by power supply loading or drooping
voltages.

Cheers!

Sir Charles W. Shults III, K. B. B.
Xenotech Research
321-206-1840
 
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:22:24 GMT, "Sir Charles W. Shults III"
<NOaichipSPAM@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
news:ru99f0l2hoehrch3hh0spca7l4a761tf67@4ax.com...
My Sony Vaio combo PS/2 port actually will not support both an
external keyboard and mouse at the same time, so I bought an IOGear
PS/2 to USB adapter.

Now both function.

However, the mouse sweep rate is very slow... have to go nearly across
my whole mousepad to sweep across the screen.

I located a USB mouse driver on the Sony site, purportedly for my Vaio
model (PCG-FX190K), but during the install it errors out with "Not for
your model".

Anyone else experienced this, or know a solution, or another source of
USB mouse driver that's compatible with the Vaio?

(My Googling has come up zero.)

Thanks!

Hi Jim- of course, you do seem to have a software driver problem, but
this comes to mind as worth sharing with everyone anyway.
I have to tell you, if a mouse starts working erratically (drifting to
one corner, slowing down) it can be a sign that the PC's power supply is
being loaded down. My main office computer here started showing weird mouse
behavior a few days back. I have an optical mouse and when you lifted it,
the cursor would slide toward a corner of the screen. Odd in itself, I
wondered if I had a virus.
Soon, I smelled hot phenolic and fiberglass. Smoke began to come out of
the case and the screen went black. The LEDs were still on but the machines
was dead.
I replaced the power supply (which is typically the cause of such
things) and it started right up. After a few seconds, however, smoke was
pouring out of the case. I shut it down and opened it, and three power
transistors (surface mount jobs) were so hot that they were sliding off
their solder mount areas!! One had a hole blown in it, the other two were
just along for the ride. They were every other one in the area where the
dual rectifiers and power transistors are lined up.
I did not have spares, had to get another motherboard, but the lesson
was clear. Odd symptoms can be caused by power supply loading or drooping
voltages.

Cheers!

Sir Charles W. Shults III, K. B. B.
Xenotech Research
321-206-1840
Click to expand...
My problem is just one of those "Sony knows what you want better than
you do you" situations.

Cured by turning off USB mouse drive (HID-complaint), using PS/2 port
for mouse and USB for keyboard.

Everything is working just fine.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
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