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by sarakanne

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I have a four year old Compaq nc6000 laptop and the cursor at times changes to a circle with 2 arrows and starts scrolling erratically. The cursor will also freeze up and I am unable to type and/or click on anything. At times, I have to power off the computer because I am unable to close programs and close down the computer. When I am working in Excel, the cursor scrolls uncontrollably. When I am not hooked up to my port replicator, I do not have the problem as much.

Also, the problem seems to be quite severe when the fan is cycling rapidly on and off. What the heck is going on?

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by thumbsup2

The "circle with the 2 arrows" is the cursor you see when you click the wheel of a scroll mouse. If you're getting unreliable communication from the mouse you're using now, just replace it. They go out. It's a fact of life. Some last a year or so. Some last longer.

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