IBM T30 mouse buttons change function
This one is very perplexing...
IBM T30 2366-97U
The left click button on both the red keys under the space bar, and on the buttons below the touch pad...does NOT double click...and when clicked it brings up the context menu of the right click...
The right click does not work at all...
Here is the kicker...an external mouse works perfectly...
If I start up the computer with the external mouse attached, and use it for a couple minutes, then disconnect the external mouse, the keyboard mouse click buttons will work correctly...
But if I start the comptuer up WITHOUT the external mouse attached, the keyboard mouse buttons will NOTwork correctly...they will work as described above...
I have gone thru 2 brand new keyboards...
Rebuilt the machine, fresh install of XP pro...
Downloaded all drivers directly from Lenovo site, installed...and for a while the keyboard mouse buttons did work correctly...thought I had the problem fixed...but after about 10 minutes or so...they stopped working...I plug in the external mouse and it works just fine...use it for a few minutes, unplug it, and the keyboard mouse buttons will work fine...
I am ready to ship it to Lenovo for a new systemboard...unless someone has seen this before and knows how to fix it...
Thanx
IBM T30 2366-97U
The left click button on both the red keys under the space bar, and on the buttons below the touch pad...does NOT double click...and when clicked it brings up the context menu of the right click...
The right click does not work at all...
Here is the kicker...an external mouse works perfectly...
If I start up the computer with the external mouse attached, and use it for a couple minutes, then disconnect the external mouse, the keyboard mouse click buttons will work correctly...
But if I start the comptuer up WITHOUT the external mouse attached, the keyboard mouse buttons will NOTwork correctly...they will work as described above...
I have gone thru 2 brand new keyboards...
Rebuilt the machine, fresh install of XP pro...
Downloaded all drivers directly from Lenovo site, installed...and for a while the keyboard mouse buttons did work correctly...thought I had the problem fixed...but after about 10 minutes or so...they stopped working...I plug in the external mouse and it works just fine...use it for a few minutes, unplug it, and the keyboard mouse buttons will work fine...
I am ready to ship it to Lenovo for a new systemboard...unless someone has seen this before and knows how to fix it...
Thanx
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Sorry - I meant an external mouse.
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Good thoughts Gary...
I have been rebuilding this machine and upgraded the RAM...removed a 256 chip in put in a 512...that is new RAM...and the issue with the switching mouse keys, I believe, was happenning before the RAM upgrade...
I'v gone thru BIOS...nothing there seems to out of place...made a few changes to see if that would help...but no joy...
I really thing I need to replace the systemboard...
I'll close this post and split the points out...call Lenovo and get it setup for a replacement...
I guess I really didn't expect the problem to get resolved here...but I have learned on EE there is such wide and deep
amount of experience...I thought maybe there was a chance...
thanx for the help
Steve
I have been rebuilding this machine and upgraded the RAM...removed a 256 chip in put in a 512...that is new RAM...and the issue with the switching mouse keys, I believe, was happenning before the RAM upgrade...
I'v gone thru BIOS...nothing there seems to out of place...made a few changes to see if that would help...but no joy...
I really thing I need to replace the systemboard...
I'll close this post and split the points out...call Lenovo and get it setup for a replacement...
I guess I really didn't expect the problem to get resolved here...but I have learned on EE there is such wide and deep
amount of experience...I thought maybe there was a chance...
thanx for the help
Steve
cool. thank you!
Agree if the issue happened with two different sets of RAM that pretty much excludes memory. And there's certainly always a chance someone will have seen the same issue -- the problem is you often get "stabs in the dark" that you have to weed through to see if anyone's really seen it before. An unfortunate number of posts here don't really support the name of the forum -- "Experts" Exchange :-)
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Gary...what you say is true...
However in 3 years of being on this forum...usually asking several questions a week on an almost steady basis...I have gotten ton's and ton's of help here...sometimes it is not the specific answer, but where that answer leads me...
And I have learned that there are several folks, that when they respond to my questions...I am getting GOOD answers...you among them...
thanx
However in 3 years of being on this forum...usually asking several questions a week on an almost steady basis...I have gotten ton's and ton's of help here...sometimes it is not the specific answer, but where that answer leads me...
And I have learned that there are several folks, that when they respond to my questions...I am getting GOOD answers...you among them...
thanx
You're most welcome.
ASKER
And...it is NOT an external keyboard I am using...it is an external MOUSE only...