Something is wrong with my PC?

[Knapp]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Christopher Chan
<christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
> On Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:55 PM, Jim Kvarnberg wrote:
>> I installed, uninstalled and re-installed Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10,
>> Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows XP Pro again and again because the mouse won't
>> catch when being clicked.  When the OS was freshly booted up, it worked
>> ok and then a moment later, it quitted working.  Then I tried Ubuntu
>> 8.04 and the mouse worked!  Does this ring a bell?
>
> Nope...but you might want to try updating to the latest BIOS for your
> board...
>
>
>> My PC is home assembled with ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS motherboard, AMD Athlon
>> 64 X2 CPU. 4 gb ram and 320 gb SATA hard drive.  Me an old dog
>> struggling to learn a new trick.  I love Ubuntu, but I think I am losing
>> my interest in it due to too much problems even Windows XP.  That
>> frustrated me.  Any explanation or tips for solution to the mouse
>> problem will be greatly appreciated. Which motherboard is best for
>> running the Linux based OS?   Thank you.  Jim
>>
>
> USB mouse?

How old and/or dirty is the mouse? Sometimes they get dirty and the
button with have some dust so that it works sometimes and not others.

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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