Mouse Possessed even after OS Re-Install

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I am also having the same problem!!

Please help,
Patrick

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I have a similar Dell Inspirion 8200. The issue you are having
is related to a defective video adapter. Contact Dell support
and ask them to replace the video adapter, even if your unit
is out of warranty. This is a known Dell issue. During the
manufacturing process, some Dell Inspiron 8200 notebooks
were assembled without a required thermal shield for the
video adapter. This is a manufacturing defect.

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"peter.marshall" wrote:

| This is most strange. We have an Inspiron 8200 Laptop. The mouse just
| moves when ever and where ever it likes ... sometimes you over ride it
| with the mouse, other times, it makes its way to the corner, and it can
| not be moved away. The mouse is a usb mouse. We have tried, switching
| out the mouse, switching usb ports, tried using it in a ps2 port, tried
| disabeling the touch pad in the bios, ... we have even tried a
| re-install of the OS. NOTHING WORKED. Anyway, if someone has an
| explination for this I am all ears ... I can not see how it could be a
| hardware problem ... but we have switched out everything software
| related ....
|
|
| Thank you ,
| Peter

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<peter.marshall@caris.com> wrote in message
news:1124111988.699597.74700@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> This is most strange. We have an Inspiron 8200 Laptop. The mouse just
> moves when ever and where ever it likes ... sometimes you over ride it
> with the mouse, other times, it makes its way to the corner, and it can
> not be moved away. The mouse is a usb mouse. We have tried, switching
> out the mouse, switching usb ports, tried using it in a ps2 port, tried
> disabeling the touch pad in the bios, ... we have even tried a
> re-install of the OS. NOTHING WORKED. Anyway, if someone has an
> explination for this I am all ears ... I can not see how it could be a
> hardware problem ... but we have switched out everything software
> related ....
>
>
> Thank you ,
> Peter

I don't know about this particular type of Dell laptop, but Dell used to
have a problem with the mouse wandering and this was related to the
touch-pad. It would be worth checking whether there is an updated driver for
the touch-pad. I also seem to remember that there was a procedure for
recalibrating the touch-pad, I don't remember where so you'll have to search
the dell site for it.

Hope this helps,

Brian.

www.cryer.co.uk/brian