[ltp] Thinkpad 600e - Jumpy (zooming) mouse and CMOS battery

[Frank Schaeckermann]

Did you try to connect another mouse? Just to make sure you are looking 
for the error in right location?!?!? Even mice - from time to time - are 
giving up...

Huntress Gary B NPRI HuntressGB-at-Npt.NUWC.Navy.Mil |Linux on
ThinkPads| wrote:
> I have a 600e running RH 7.3.   The other day, all of a sudden the mouse became erratic and jumpy, zooming across the screen.   When it rebooted I received the error code for a bad backup battery, which I have now replaced.
> 
> Unfortunately, even though both problems came on at the same time, the battery has only corrected the boot error.  
> 
> The mouse is still jumpy and erratic, and its actually still jumpy on the BIOS/setup screen.
> 
> I'm not sure what else I can do if it doesn't work properly in BIOS.   Is there a jumper to totally reset the CMOS settings (as is common on pc motherboards).
> 
> Someone else has suggested that the mouse may be dirty, but it came on so suddenly I don't think that is the case.
> 
> any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Gary H