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My mom's Toshiba laptop is experiencing a weird problem. She has an external USB mouse that will work for a few minutes, then goes dead. Even while it's working, it will jump around a little erratically. I had her replace it, but 2 new ones have behaved the same way. They've all been optical, and after the few minutes, the laser goes dead. If she turns it off or closes the lid to hibernate it, it will work again for a few minutes when it comes back on. The laptop's touchpad works fine.
It smells to me like something wrong with the USB ports themselves, but I'm weak on the hardware side of things (I also had her try different ports on the laptop). Anybody have any thoughts before I have her bring it somewhere? She's in a different city, so I don't have immediate access to it. I did see it doing this during a visit, so I know it's not her imagination.
It smells to me like something wrong with the USB ports themselves, but I'm weak on the hardware side of things (I also had her try different ports on the laptop). Anybody have any thoughts before I have her bring it somewhere? She's in a different city, so I don't have immediate access to it. I did see it doing this during a visit, so I know it's not her imagination.