Something is wrong with my PC?

[Jim Kvarnberg]

> Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:11:12 +0800
> From: Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk>
> Subject: Re: Something is wrong with my PC?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:55 PM, Jim Kvarnberg wrote:
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>> 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...
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>> 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
>>
>>     
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> USB mouse?
>   
I forgot to add to my question in the first place.  When I used several 
LiveCDs (Ubuntu 9.04, Kubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10 and so on), I clicked on 
"Try Ubuntu without any change in your computer." just to see if the 
mouse would work.  Yes, indeed, the mouse worked perfectly in all those 
CDimages.  Again, I said a big question mark above my head.  Do you 
still think it is BIOS?  or a flaw in the hard drive?  Is there a 
possible way for me to look for a fault in the hard drive?  The hard 
drive was formatted clean every time a new OS was installed.   Jim