Touch pad acts weird.

The touch pad of my pb seems to have a mind of its own.
When I move the cursor to a tight space (i.e. when I want to add a letter in a word, or check a box) and then tab the touch pad, the cursor moves so I have to bring it back to where the 'check' or new letter has to go. Sometimes it jumps 1/2, 3/4 " away. Sometimes it will stay in place.
It's sorta annoying, actually. Is there a way to 'set' it?

Is there a way to 'set' it?
Hi Midred,
I think you can reset the touchpad by covering the whole pad with the palm of your hand for a second or so.
When I first got my PBG4 with 10.3.x, I had a few instances where I'd do the above trick if and when the touchpad wasn't responsive. But I can't recall having any problems since Tiger/OS X 10.4
...so it might be worth a call to Apple support if it continues.
best of luck,
...ben

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Hello.
Is there a known issue on MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514) motherboards' onboard RealTek RTL8168C (P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC network disconnecting and acting weird during warm/hot weather?
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I tried upgrading network driver twice (e.g., Realtek_XP_5714_0219 from
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false ...), disabling Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.5 (XP's disabled already), releasing and renewing IP address (works, but still no network -- can't even ping my router!), unplugging and replugging the cat5 cable (do see the network port lights on), touching the network jack and hardware inside and outside of the case (not hot), trying another cat5 cable and a network port on a switch instead router's), changing from "Minimal Power Management" to full power (no underclocking/slowing down when idled), etc.
During the disconnections, I tried:
C:\>tracert 192.168.0.1
Tracing route to 192.168.0.1 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 * * * Request timed out.
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * ^C
IPCONFIG.EXE /ALL when having network problems:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FOOBAR
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.134.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter HDTV Tuner 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TechniSat DVB-PC TV Star PCI #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-D7-30-19-C1
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.178.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.178.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:55:04 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 13, 2009 11:28:08 PM
Ethernet adapter HDTV Tuner 1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TechniSat DVB-PC TV Star PCI
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-D7-30-1A-1D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.178.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.178.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:55:21 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 13, 2009 11:28:25 PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 15:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-85-1A-C6-72
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.82
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
4.2.2.1
I checked Windows XP Pro. SP3's event logs and noticed these during the disconnections:
Event logs showed:
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4201
Date: 2/28/2009
Time: 6:42:23 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FOOBAR
Description:
The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{51FDDE0F-0935-416E-8FE0-3E1A50847D41} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 50 00 ......P.
0008: 00 00 00 00 69 10 00 40 ....i..@
0010: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
Event Type: Information
Event Source: BROWSER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8033
Date: 2/28/2009
Time: 6:47:22 PM
User: N/A
Computer: FOOBAR
Description:
The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{89F40100-0D8D-4C33-A32D-3D91CAEB3FBD} because a master browser was stopped.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type:   Information
Event Source:   Tcpip
Event Category:   None
Event ID:   4201
Date:      3/1/2009
Time:      6:19:08 AM
User:      N/A
Computer:   FOOBAR
Description:
The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{51FDDE0F-0935-416E-8FE0-3E1A50847D41} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 50 00 ......P.
0008: 00 00 00 00 69 10 00 40 ....i..@
0010: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
Event Type:   Information
Event Source:   Tcpip
Event Category:   None
Event ID:   4201
Date:      3/1/2009
Time:      6:19:20 AM
User:      N/A
Computer:   FOOBAR
Description:
The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{51FDDE0F-0935-416E-8FE0-3E1A50847D41} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 50 00 ......P.
0008: 00 00 00 00 69 10 00 40 ....i..@
0010: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
I also noticed the disconnections usually start with red X icon in my taskbar with its bubble and then later the long disconnection even though no red X (1 GB and connected). If I were to disconnect the cat5 cable from NIC, then it wouldn't even detect it is missing the cable!
The only way to fix this was to reboot (best way and last longer) OR disable network connection and re-enable it (Windows XP's Network Connections) or the NIC itself (Device Manager), but that doesn't always last long (maybe a minute). Example of my pings right after disabling and re-enabling NIC:
C:\>ping 192.168.0.1 -t
Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
MSINFO32 in case it helps (seems OK to me, but I am not a hardware expert):
[Conflicts/Sharing]
Resource   Device
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7   PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7   Direct memory access controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
IRQ 21   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A38
IRQ 21   OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
IRQ 21   TechniSat DVB-PC TV Star PCI
IRQ 23   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A34
IRQ 23   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3A
I/O Port 0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
I/O Port 0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
IRQ 16   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
IRQ 16   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
IRQ 16   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A37
IRQ 16   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IRQ 16   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 3A42
IRQ 16   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 3A4A
IRQ 16   ASUS TV880 Video Capture (NTSC)
IRQ 17   Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio
IRQ 17   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 3A40
IRQ 17   Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port -
2E21
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
IRQ 18   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3C
IRQ 18   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A36
IRQ 19   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A39
IRQ 19   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A35
IRQ 19   Intel(R) ICH10 Family 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 3A20
IRQ 19   Intel(R) ICH10 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 3A26
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Memory Address 0xFED90000-0xFED93FFF   System board
Memory Address 0xFED90000-0xFED93FFF   System board
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
[IRQs]
Resource   Device   Status
IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK
IRQ 16   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21   OK
IRQ 16   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series   OK
IRQ 16   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A37   OK
IRQ 16   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller   OK
IRQ 16   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 3A42   OK
IRQ 16   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 3A4A   OK
IRQ 16   ASUS TV880 Video Capture (NTSC)   OK
IRQ 17   Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio   OK
IRQ 17   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 3A40   OK
IRQ 17   Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC   OK
IRQ 21   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A38   OK
IRQ 21   OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK
IRQ 21   TechniSat DVB-PC TV Star PCI   OK
IRQ 19   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A39   OK
IRQ 19   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A35   OK
IRQ 19   Intel(R) ICH10 Family 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 3A20   OK
IRQ 19   Intel(R) ICH10 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 3A26   OK
IRQ 18   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3C   OK
IRQ 18   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A36   OK
IRQ 23   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A34   OK
IRQ 23   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3A   OK
IRQ 20   Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)   OK
IRQ 22   TechniSat DVB-PC TV Star PCI #3   OK
IRQ 0   System timer   OK
IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK
IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK
IRQ 4   Communications Port (COM1)   OK
IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK
IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard   OK
IRQ 12   Microsoft PS/2 Mouse   OK
IRQ 14   Intel(R) ICH10 Family SMBus Controller - 3A30   OK
My detailed computer configurations can be found here: http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt (primary computer).
Thank you in advance.

Quote from: NovJoe on 02-March-09, 23:10:05
Force your NIC to run at 100Mbps full duplex and see how it goes.
Check your router / switch ports as well as cables.
I will try 100 Mbps if it happens again. So far, it hasn't occurred after installing the driver supplied by MSI's Web site and not RealTek's Web site. The room temperatures even got warmer like 83F degrees.
As for router and switch, what am I checking for? Other computers didn't have any problems. As for cat5 cables, I already tried another one like I said in my original post.

HP Pavilion 15-n221sa Notebook PC touch pad glitching frequently

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I got my new laptop that I bought recently (3-4 weeks, give or take) and I've noticed that my touch pad us acting up OFTEN. Sometimes it brings up the charms bar and randomly opens an option while other times it just straight up freezes. I can tell that it is the touch pad freezing and not the pc because I can still use the keyboard to do things on my laptop and I use a usb mouse that always works without fail.
I have installed quite a few things but I have done frequent full system scans using norton internet security and it has "removed" 1 virus so far. I haven't done a malware scan but I'm getting to it right now.
My question is has a spirit possessed my laptop or is my touchpad broken?
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I will be happy to help with the TouchPad freezing. I don't think that you need to call the Ghostbusters quite yet. Is it only freezing when you try access Charms Bar or does it freeze at other times? Start by reinstalling your Synaptics TouchPad Driver.
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MacBook Pro acting weird at startup

Hi,
First of all thank you for reading this, it's quite a long story. And sorry for any grammatical mistakes, I'm Dutch.
Summary
My MBP suddenly has been acting really weird: kernel_task eating 150-200% of the CPU which caused a super slow MBP, power button not working well, and MBP shutdown after ten minutes without touching it and with the battery on 90%. I did a clean install of OS X Lion, some PRAM and SMC resets and removed the MacBookPro7_1.plist file from the system library. The kernel_task high CPU problem is now fixed. But the power button is still not working: most of the time my MBP shuts down three seconds after I push the power button in a first attempt. In the second attempt I hold it for like five seconds and this works. Sometimes it works fine on the first attempt. Restarting the MBP from the desktop works fine. I'm also worried about the random shutdown. What could probably cause the problem with the power button and the MBP shutting down when I don't touch it, and is there a way to fix this myself? I'm not really into tech, so please keep your answer simple.
My MacBook Pro "13 (mid 2010) with OS X Lion has always been a charm since I bought it. I've never had any problems with my MBP until now. Two weeks ago I was going on a holiday and had to check a few things on my MBP in a hurry right before I was leaving. I'm afraid I forgot to turn off my MBP before I went on my holiday, but I can't remember this exactly. When I came back after a week, my MBP started acting weird at startup and then became really slow. The kernel_task was eating my CPU with 200% and I've tried many things to fix the MBP myself but it still isn't working well. I hope you can help me with this.
This is what happened:
1. When I push the power button to start my MBP, the first time it shuts down three seconds after I push the button. After the first attempt I hold the power button for five seconds, and my MBP turns on the right way. After all the fixes I've done this is still an issue.
2. When I finally got my MBP started the first time after my holiday, it was really really really slow. I later found out that the cause was the kernel_task eating my CPU. It was using 150-200% with no applications running.
3. The MBP was acting normally (not slow) in safe mode, but in safe mode I couldn't open some sites in Google Chrome, like Facebook and Google Maps. So this didn't work either (and was not the solution to my problem).
4. I did some things with PRAM and SMC reset but this didn't work.
5. A clean install was already on my mind for weeks, so I decided that this was the right moment. After I did a manual backup (not with Time Machine) I restarted my MBP holding some buttons to startup the OS X Utilities screen. I first erased my Macintosh HD and then I wanted to install Mavericks because that was the only option from the menu. It took me five hours and at the end it came up with a 'can't download Mavericks, try again' screen. The MBP wasn't starting up anymore because OS X Lion was already erased.
6. So I became annoyed and decided to use my original Snow Leopard dvd which came with my MBP. Installing Snow Leopard took me two days!!!!!!!
7. When I finally got Snow Leopard installed, it still was really really slow and the kernel_task was messing up my CPU again.
8. After some hours of searching on the internet, I read the following thing: fixing the kernel_task problem was easy by removing a file from the system library (http://www.rdoxenham.com/?p=259). Of course I've researched this solution because I'm not a fan of changing things in the system. But I decided to give this a try and it worked! Like a charm!
9. I still was on Snow Leopard and decided to upgrade to Lion again, because I did know for sure that my MBP could handle Lion and I wasn't sure with Mavericks. So I first downloaded Lion from the App Store and then opened the installation program. This took me one day again, probably because the file from the system library was put back with the installation of Lion...
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So this is what I've done so far in this order:
1. First of all I did a manual backup on my external HDD. Not with Time Machine.
2. I tried to restart my MBP multiple times. Restarting from the desktop worked well, but shutting it down and than turning it on with the power button didn't work well.
3. I did PRAM and SMC resets multiple times.
4. I decided to do a clean install and erased my Macintosh HD from the OS X Utilities screen at startup.
5. Then I wanted to upgrade from Lion to Mavericks but Mavericks couldn't be downloaded.
6. I've installed Snow Leopard from the original dvd, this took me two days.
7. I've followed the instructions from http://www.rdoxenham.com/?p=259 (remove the file MacBookPro7_1.plist from the system library) and this worked for my MBP.
8. Because my MBP was working fine again, I decided to upgrade to Lion. This took me one day.
9. My MBP was really slow again: Lion put the MacBookPro7_1.plist back in the system library so I removed it again. This worked.
10. The problem with the power button still holds so I did a SMC reset again. Didn't work. My MBP also shut down yesterday when I didn't touch it for like ten minutes. I hope this was caused by the fact that the MBP was running for four days non stop, and it was a hot day so maybe it was overheated.
So everything is working fine again, but the power button still isn't. Most of the time my MBP shuts down three seconds after I push the power button. In the second attempt I hold it for like five seconds and this works. Restarting the MBP from the desktop works fine, and the kernel_task is now using 1-10%. I'm also worried about my MBP suddenly shutting down. Is there a way to fix this myself?
Thank you!
Regards,
TokkieTor

TokkieTor,
This is the full error message I got from the test:
4SNS/1/40000000: IP0R-9:166
I read that those letters (IP0R) stand for different errors in the hardware, in my case it's something with the Power Bus according to this website: http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-invoke-and-interpret-the-apple-hardware-tests/.
Again, I'm really not into tech so what is a Power Bus and should I be worried?
what you have is a problem with a sensor which monitors power bus current. The power bus is the main pathway along which electricity travels in your MacBook Pro. If the sensor isn’t individually repairable, then you could have reason to worry — if they tell you that a logic board replacement would be needed, then that could cost hundreds of euros. (One would hope that replacing a sensor would not require a logic board replacement, but only hardware experts can say for sure.)
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@wetdro
If your device has been jailbroken during the warranty, Apple will not service it.
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Hey there MeKai Curtis,
It sounds like your touch screen is acting strangely when connected to a power source. I recommend the steps in the following article:
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Troubleshooting touchscreen response
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1827
Restart your device
Hold the On/Off button until "slide to power off" appears. Slide to power off your device. When it is off, press the On/Off button to turn it back on.
If you can't restart your device, reset it by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for a least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
Clean the screen with a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth.
Avoid using the device while wearing gloves, with wet hands, or immediately after applying hand lotion.
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If the steps above don't resolve your issue, please schedule a service appointment with an Apple Retail Store for evaluation. If an Apple Retail store is not an option, contact Apple to find out your best service option or see theService FAQ for your product.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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