Trackpad excitement!

[wculp]

Hello! My Powerbook G4 1.33mHz will often suddenly develop some sort of trackpad craziness. The trackpad will track correctly as one guides his finger over it, but as soon as the finger is lifted from the pad, the curser jumps all the way across the screen. This is a frequent problem, and it cripples the computer when one can't use the trackpad. It goes away with one, sometimes two, restarts. It's happened on several different versions of systems, including 10.3.8 that I'm using now. Any ideas? Thanks !!!
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[chornbe]

Way, way back I used to see that on really low-end TI and Toshiba notebooks when they first started using the pads. Near as we could tell, it was... get this... static electricity. Not saying that's your case, but we did see that at the service center I used to work at. It's worth checking, anyway.

 

[RGrphc2]

that happens to me everyonce and a while too. if u are using Sidetrack (great tool if u don't have the current PB model) try quiting out of it and restarting it.

 

[adambyte]

This is going to sound dumb, but... maybe you just need to clean the trackpad. Sometimes if it gets too greasy (for instance, if you have just eaten cheese doodles), it can cause tracking problems. Wipe it off with your own fingers, and it should be okay.