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zen · Apr 4, 2004, 10:56 PM

Just wondering if this is a normal thing, as I've never owned an Apple laptop that I've just let sleep when I'm not using it.

So, I've had a 12" iBook G4 for about a week, 640MB RAM, 10.3.3, and I used a MS optical mouse plugged into one of the USB ports. I don't recall the version of the MS mouse software I installed, it's the latest one (version 5?) which I downloaded from the MS site.

Everything is super-fine, and when I'm not using it for any length of time I just close the lid and let the iBook sleep.

But when I wake the book up, the mouse doesn't work. I always have to unplug and re-plug it to get it moving.

Is this a normal thing that always happens when you wake from sleep? Seems a bit annoying...the trackpad and button are fine. I don't use any other USB peripherals aside from the mouse.

Cheers

Zen

MRTrauffer · Apr 8, 2004, 03:53 PM

Originally posted by zen:
Just wondering if this is a normal thing, as I've never owned an Apple laptop that I've just let sleep when I'm not using it.

So, I've had a 12" iBook G4 for about a week, 640MB RAM, 10.3.3, and I used a MS optical mouse plugged into one of the USB ports. I don't recall the version of the MS mouse software I installed, it's the latest one (version 5?) which I downloaded from the MS site.

Everything is super-fine, and when I'm not using it for any length of time I just close the lid and let the iBook sleep.

But when I wake the book up, the mouse doesn't work. I always have to unplug and re-plug it to get it moving.

Is this a normal thing that always happens when you wake from sleep? Seems a bit annoying...the trackpad and button are fine. I don't use any other USB peripherals aside from the mouse.

Cheers

Zen

I use a Logitech USB wireless mouse, and have not had this problem. I did have a similar problem with a card reader, but I think that 10.3.3 fixed that problem.