My TiBook dislikes most mice. why?

[indigoflowAS]

For some reason (a reason I am seeking to discover) the mice I've used on my Titanium PowerBook do not necessarily register upon plugging it into the USB port.

The infrared eye of a black Apple mouse and an IBM mouse will blink a couple of times then turn off. Unplugging and retrying up to a dozen times...it finally works. Other mice like one Logitech will point, but won't click!

I have a wireless Logitech that has always worked, no issues...and the white apple mice I use off design lab computers work fine.

any ideas what the deal is? enlighten me. much thanks.

 

[mad jew]

Have you tried the mouses on other machines?

 

[indigoflowAS]

Have you tried the mouses on other machines?

the IBM and Logitechs work flawlessly on my PC...other Macs, ill get back to you

 

[iEdd]

Tried both USB ports on the Tibook?

 

[indigoflowAS]

Tried both USB ports on the Tibook?

*sigh* yes...same reaction

funny cause ive never addressed this before. its been like this for ages, cant remember a time when all mice worked

 

[Gokhan]

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hmm i had this happen to my new pb rev d one usb would not pick up my shuffle and the other would thought it was logic board but apple fixed it without replacing the board there must be a way the techs reset ports anybody got any info ??

 

[mad jew]

Well, a PRAM reset couldn't hurt.

 

[indigoflowAS]

Well, a PRAM reset couldn't hurt.

Well I'll be damned...this might have done it. First plug in attempt. I'm kinda floored. Good call!!!

If it acts up again I'll see what else ya'll can advise. Thanks a bunch.

 

[mad jew]

No problem. I should have realised it was a port error earlier, I thought it was a mouse error, sorry.

 

[jer2eydevil88]

Logitech Mice and OS X

If you are using a logitech mouse and the buttons don't work (you can't click anything) then you should hit up
http://www.usboverdrive.com/

Download that software and use it to assign function to those buttons. Its a problem with unsupported logitech devices...

 

[indigoflowAS]

back again

sadly i must revive this thread.

it worked for a day or two...but now the problematic mice are up to it again, is the mouse/usb port telling me something with the infrared eye flashing 3 times?

another round of suggestions if there are any left. or to the apple store go (i figure ya'll know as much, if not more than they do).

UPDATE: the black apple mouse works perfectly fine on my pc, what gives? as stated before, same thing w/ the IBM mouse.

it's really strange because i have never had any issues w/ any other USB device.

 

[mad jew]

The PRAM reset isn't working anymore or are you looking for a more permanent fix?

 

[indigoflowAS]

The PRAM reset isn't working anymore or are you looking for a more permanent fix?

the PRAM reset seemed to work for a bit...no luck the times I tried today. So yeah...something more permanent is in line hopefully it doesn't cost too much $$$.

 

[mad jew]

Well, I'm stuck.

I guess you could try the a more heavy duty version of the PRAM reset, the PMU reset.

 

[indigoflowAS]

Well, I'm stuck.

I guess you could try the a more heavy duty version of the PRAM reset, the PMU reset.

its all good, anything comes to mind...i'd love to hear it. i will definitely give this a whirl in the meantime. much thanks.

 

[indigoflowAS]

so that PMU reset allowed my apple mouse to work first shot...how curious.

i imagine that it's not that recommended to do such a reset often. what do ya'll say?

and...is it seriously a recurring error that is causing this anomaly? if so, sure'd like to stop it. oh well.

thanks.

 

[mad jew]

You shouldn't have to do it often but it doesn't generally harm anything.

 

[Counterfit]

You shouldn't have to do it often but it doesn't generally harm anything.

Just remember not to do it more than once at a time.

 

[mad jew]

True. Although I swear that's a myth. I did it twice to my iMac once before restarting and it did no damage.