Strange Touchpad Problem

Submitted by Williams, Chris on Fri, 11/30/2007 - 4:26pm.

Hello
All,
 
During our final
exams on Wednesday, we began getting complaints from about 8-10 students that
their touchpads weren't working properly. If you moved the pointer around,
it would freeze every couple of seconds in one place for about a second and then
repeat the same action indefinitely. We brought in a few laptops from the IT
department and could not reproduce the problem. Additionally, we have never had
problems of this nature in this particular classroom before. We are speculating
that it is some sort of electromagnetic interference because if you walk out of
the classroom with one of the affected laptops, the problem goes away. There was
also no common thread with respect to the brand or model.
 
Any ideas or input
would be appreciated.
=============================Chris WilliamsIT AnalystLSU Paul
M. Hebert Law Center1 East Campus DriveBaton Rouge, LA
70803-1000225-578-0885 fax 225-578-4682 href="mailto:Chris.Williams@law.lsu.edu">Chris.Williams@law.lsu.edu=============================
 

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