The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    T21 Thinkpad & External Mouse Scroll

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Old Bob, Dec 23, 2004.

  1. Old Bob

    Old Bob Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    When using my Thinkpad at home I attach an external [no name] mouse with a scroll wheel.

    When I first got this notebook I "seem to recall" that the scroll wheel worked to move the cursor up and down a web page.

    My reason for buying this notebook was to split the 20gig hard drive with a partition and install a Linux OS and reinstall Win98SE.

    I have installed Red Hat 8.0 and Win98SE and they are both "up and running". All the Thinkpad features seem to be reinstalled and "Thinkpad Configuration" feature shows all "green lights".

    MY PROBLEM IS: The scroll wheel is "inop" on the optical/corded mouse in BOTH Windows & Linux so it seems to be a hardware problem rather then an OS problem. I tried another mouse, just to eliminate that possibility.

    Am I just imagining that the scroll wheel "worked" when I first got this notebook OR is there "some Thinkpad setting" that I need to fix ??
     
    Old Bob, Dec 23, 2004
    #1
  2. bootleg2go

    bootleg2go Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    99
    Messages:
    1,230
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    You probably just have the wrong mouse driver installed. Go to the manufacturer website and get the latest mouse driver and update them. You may then have to tweak some of the settings in the mouse section of the control panel.

    Jack

    "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" (Ben Franklin)
    http://pbase.com/joneill
     
    bootleg2go, Dec 23, 2004
    #2