Mouse pauses every time HardDrive reads data.
Mouse pauses every time HardDrive reads data.
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Every time my harddrive reads data the mouse pauses and then unpauses. Does this everytime harddrive reads or saves date.
The mouse is on IRQ 12... Ive tried reinstalling windows. did not fix it. I tried windows98 and windows me. windows me is even worse. What could be causeing this. I just got this computer and it is driving me crasy.
My last computer had no problem with the mouse, but when I installed windows me on my last computer, it done the same thing, So I just reinstall windows98 on my last computer and that worked. Why is not working on this computer.???
The mouse is on IRQ 12... Ive tried reinstalling windows. did not fix it. I tried windows98 and windows me. windows me is even worse. What could be causeing this. I just got this computer and it is driving me crasy.
My last computer had no problem with the mouse, but when I installed windows me on my last computer, it done the same thing, So I just reinstall windows98 on my last computer and that worked. Why is not working on this computer.???





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Use a good processor and PCB along with more RAM. Make sure that all the three are compatible with each other.
Amish
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What's more I noticed it after I u/g from 256 to 768 megs of ram.
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both,serial and ps2 mouses,two button-wheel mouses.I think it does not anything to do with RAM but CpU could be.
Hope something will help
Sleew
Compaq & Microsoft TS
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Just a thought,
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If you just got the computer, take it back and get them to fix it. If you can't or there is no warranty.
1. Try a PS2 or Serial mouse and/or the same type but a different brand
2. Change the IRQs for your mouse (mind you 12 is standard)
3. Disable any power save options (disk power down, wake up on mouse - type of thing) both in windows & BIOS
4. Make sure your BIOS settings for the mouse port are correct.
5. Try putting you Hard drive on another IDE interface
eg CD to master/ HDD to slave or CD Master primary/HDD master secondary etc.
6. Run performance montior and see if its reading or writing to disk and what the processor usage is.
7. Boot up in DOS with mouse support and see if you still get the same problem. maybe its a Windows thing ie it doesn't like your hardware.
8. Try booting up in safe mode and see if one of the drivers is casuing the problem.
Just a thought or 2.
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as for the problem with the mouse the most likely solution is to change IRQ settings.
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Hope this helps,
Teckie
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Until next time...
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CUV4X mobo and any bios higher than 1006 seems to be affected.
I had tekram scsi card (dc390u2w) and dvd and cdrw installed with winme, everything aok, but I could never update bios (for cpu upgade) cause no driver upgrade for tekram. That driver causes winme not to sleep on bios higher than 1006.
So I take out scsi, buy fast ide burner, upgrade bios and cpu, aok...except system will now pause (freeze) randomly, then unfreeze. DMA off/on seems to help little, but still there. Via 4in1 update = no change...
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Here's a few things to check. Make sure hueristic scanning is turned off (it's under advanced) as that will use a lot more backround processing. There is also a service pack for MacAfee 4.5. We use it at work but I haven't picked it up for my home PC yet. Memory could also be the culprit. I think my problem began after boosting from 128mb to 384mb. Another thing about memory is that it can act funny on some functions if the chips are not the same brand, type or speed. Thats an iffy proposition and hard as heck to troubleshoot unless you have a hard error. Finally, IRQ conflicts are the most likely suspect.
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HP 450 Intel Celeron with 32 megs of ram and Windows ME and a 5 gig harddrive. This machine was cleanly loaded with ME and has the pause problem.
I have a homemade via chipset computer AMD k6-2 450 with 256 megs of ram and a 20gigt harddrive and Windows 98 Second edition.
I have a DSL connection and have had this problem for at least month...the start of 2002.
I don't use anti-virus software on either since I reloaded them.
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I had this problem without virus protection.
Mercifully it has diappeared. The last thing I did was set mouse acceleration.