Mouse Pointer Wanders periodically

[drush]

Periodically while working, my mouse pointer wanders
towards teh lower left of the screen. Usually, once it's
been there a bit, it returns to normal until the next time
it decides to head South. I can fight it the sudden
gravity by using extra force on the fingerpoint mouse on
my laptop, but it's really annoying. I've noticed
recently that when I type while the pointer is wandering,
it jumps around a bit. Not sure that's useful info, but I
want to be complete.

I'm not using an external, 4 bit mouse, just the internal
fingerpoint that comes with the Toshiba laptop.

Has anyone seen the issue, or have any suggestions on how
to resolve it?

THanks!

 

[Bob I]

Any fixes listed at the Toshiba site?

 

[drush]

Nothing there. I've tried updating the drivers to no
avail.

 

[Bob I]

Is there a "sensativity" adjustment in the "mouse" driver that you can
adjust like you can on the Dell "synaptics" driver?

 

[drush]

There's a PS/2 adjustment, although it doesn't seem to
make any difference in the wandering. I'm baffled.

 

[Frank]

D. Rush:
Have you cleaned the tracking ball?
I had this problem and fixed it with a good cleaning.
Also, clean the mouse pad.
I used Windex.
Frank C.

 

[Vance Green]

This is, unfortunately, normal behavior for
this type of pointing device. My IBMS have
all done it to varying degrees.

Your sounds like it's gotten a bit out of hand,
it needs to go back to Toshiba for a fix. It's
not a software issue, but a hardware one.

 

[drush]

It's an "Accupoint Mouse" which looks like a pencil eraser
in the middle of the keyboard. There really isn't much to
clean, but I blew out the dust with some compressed air
just to make sure. No improvement. Good idea to check
the mechanicals first, though.

 

[John]

Replace the cap on the mouse. You should have received
several with the Toshiba laptop.