Old Vaio and Mouse Problem

I have an old Vaio Laptop PCG-F650 and most of the time use an
external compaq PS/2 mouse through the 9-pin connector in the back
instead of the touch pad.

The external mouse works fine, but whenever I boot the computer anew,
the mouse freaks out only by touching it; it's all over the screen.
Then, I have to unplug the mouse, touch the mouse pad a couple of
times; the pointer eventually stops going erratic. After this
procedure, I can plug the mouse back in through the 9-pin and the
mouse works fine. Now, I have to repeat this procedure everytime I
shut-down windows. I tried disabling the touch pad, but this does not
help.

Anyone has an idea? I'd appreciate any advice.

Thanks.

stefmazurek@gmail.com wrote:

> I have an old Vaio Laptop PCG-F650 and most of the time use an
> external compaq PS/2 mouse through the 9-pin connector in the back
> instead of the touch pad.
>
> The external mouse works fine, but whenever I boot the computer anew,
> the mouse freaks out only by touching it; it's all over the screen.
> Then, I have to unplug the mouse, touch the mouse pad a couple of
> times; the pointer eventually stops going erratic. After this
> procedure, I can plug the mouse back in through the 9-pin and the
> mouse works fine. Now, I have to repeat this procedure everytime I
> shut-down windows. I tried disabling the touch pad, but this does not
> help.
>
> Anyone has an idea? I'd appreciate any advice.
>
> Thanks.

I don't think PS/2 is really "hot swappable", is it? Might be damage done.
Maybe you're plugging into a PS/2 keyboard port?
I'm just grasping here.

On Dec 5, 8:16 pm, Beryl <flyingterra...@chillybits.org> wrote:
> stefmazu...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have an old Vaio Laptop PCG-F650 and most of the time use an
> > external compaq PS/2 mouse through the 9-pin connector in the back
> > instead of the touch pad.
>
> > The external mouse works fine, but whenever I boot the computer anew,
> > the mouse freaks out only by touching it; it's all over the screen.
> > Then, I have to unplug the mouse, touch the mouse pad a couple of
> > times; the pointer eventually stops going erratic. After this
> > procedure, I can plug the mouse back in through the 9-pin and the
> > mouse works fine. Now, I have to repeat this procedure everytime I
> > shut-down windows. I tried disabling the touch pad, but this does not
> > help.
>
> > Anyone has an idea? I'd appreciate any advice.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> I don't think PS/2 is really "hot swappable", is it? Might be damage done.
> Maybe you're plugging into a PS/2 keyboard port?
> I'm just grasping here.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Maybe you are right. I don't know enough about computers,
thanks anyway.

stefmazurek@gmail.com wrote:
> On Dec 5, 8:16 pm, Beryl <flyingterra...@chillybits.org> wrote:
>
>>stefmazu...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>I have an old Vaio Laptop PCG-F650 and most of the time use an
>>>external compaq PS/2 mouse through the 9-pin connector in the back
>>>instead of the touch pad.
>>
>>>The external mouse works fine, but whenever I boot the computer anew,
>>>the mouse freaks out only by touching it; it's all over the screen.
>>>Then, I have to unplug the mouse, touch the mouse pad a couple of
>>>times; the pointer eventually stops going erratic. After this
>>>procedure, I can plug the mouse back in through the 9-pin and the
>>>mouse works fine. Now, I have to repeat this procedure everytime I
>>>shut-down windows. I tried disabling the touch pad, but this does not
>>>help.
>>
>>>Anyone has an idea? I'd appreciate any advice.
>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>I don't think PS/2 is really "hot swappable", is it? Might be damage done.
>>Maybe you're plugging into a PS/2 keyboard port?
>>I'm just grasping here.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>- Show quoted text -
>
>
> Maybe you are right. I don't know enough about computers,
> thanks anyway.

Mouse port green, keyboard port purple.