Kensington wireless desktop & mini problems

My kensington wireless kb & mouse - which have been working flawlessly til recently - now won't talk to each other. When I click to select text & then press shift key to select a list, the mouse freezes & nothing happens. KB & mouse work fine on my PowerBook & old iMac (both on panther)Could USB port be the prob?
mini Mac OS X (10.4.6) also PowerBook G3 series Pismo

Might have to reset the PMU:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300574
But check the Mini forum first.
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Has anyone used this wireless setup before and if so, how does it work?
I'm getting sorta ****** off at the MS wireless setup I have, the mouse pointer always be jerky using it. It's getting to the point that I don't want to use it much.
Kensington Wireless Desktop Set - Titanium Model Ci70
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16823155025
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Before you splash out on a new keyboard/mouse, you may find the issues you have with your present one are possible to resolve with a small amount of jiggling locations. For example, if you can move the location of the cordless receiver, you will likely find a position where the signal it picks up is better.
Other than that, due to the frequencies in use and the limitations in power, there is little to choose between different brands and models of cordless keyboards and mice in terms of effective range, and while it may be that the Kensington model you link to is recommended by many, the only way to know if it will help in your situation, with whatever range and potential interference issues you have, is really by trying it yourself.

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I just got a G4 500 AGP and also picked up a new Kensington Pilot Board wireless desktop on sale at Compxxx and it has given me fits and was wondering if anyone else had similar issues??
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1) Random keys not responding at all mostly towards right side of keyboard
2) MASSIVE system slowdown which seemed to go away after going back to a generic keyboard/mouse that are wired
3) Horrible lag when typing and I am not a fast typer by ANY standards
I put 2 new and fresh sets of batteries in both keyboard and mouse and re-synched about 10 times and restarted several times and un-installed and re-installed software as well with same problems persisting. Is this just a junk product or did I get a lemon??

Tim, welcome, I have the same keyboard and it work just fine. And yes, new batteries really make a huge difference. Try Repairing Permissions and see if that solves the issue. Also if the USB cable is plug into a PCI card move it to one of the computer outlets and try moving the censor to a new location.
The tracking speed of the mouse can be adjusted but this should not effect the OS performance at all.
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Thanks Andrew,
I've do a more simple example of the problem. I create two files on "\\fiuu\proyectosShared", one called "test.txt" and the other one called "te st.txt". I execute your exact source for the who paths whith these results:
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dt.open(f);
RESULT:
\\fiuu\proyectosShared\test.txt exists: true
(notepads opens the file)The second test does'nt work:
File f = new File("//fiuu/proyectosShared/te st.txt");
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\\fiuu\proyectosShared\te st.txt exists: trueSystem says:
Explorador de Windows
La ruta '\\fiuu\proyectosShared\te st.txt' no existe o no es un directorio.
Aceptar
(spanish version of File not found alert message)Note that in alert message one white space of filename is lost!
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Amularya,
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Chris,
You'll probably get a whole lot better responses and less chatter by posting each question separately, but we're here, so let's dig a bit on some:
1) No idea - it should just work. Are you sure you gently but firmly inserted the cable in both ends? Better to wait for someone with toslink experience on this one.
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