Posted by Brendan R. Wehrung on 04/22/06 02:53

Paul Heslop (paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk) writes:
> "Brendan R. Wehrung" wrote:
>>
>> Paul Heslop (paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk) writes:
>> > "Brendan R. Wehrung" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> My new Liteon SOHW 1673SX came with Nero Express (not installed, haven't
>> >> needed it yet) and PowerDVD, which appears to be DVD viewer. In stalled
>> >> it only because it looked like there might be drivers for the Liteon on
>> >> that disc.
>> >>
>> >> Since then my Graphire 3 tablet has started to misbehave. It's beome very
>> >> sensitive and "picks up" (wants to move or open shortcuts on my desktop if
>> >> I bring the pen tip close to the tablet) and won't let them go unless I
>> >> move the pen tip far enough off the tablet. I've had to go back to the
>> >> mouse.
>> >>
>> >> I've downloaded and installed the latest driver version.
>> >>
>> >> Anybody had this problem but me?
>> >>
>> >> Brendan
>> >
>> > Have you checked the sensitivity settings? It sounds like it is
>> > running a very high sensitivity.
>> >
>> > Best fun I had with my Nisis tablet was when I placed my digicam on it
>> > to download some pics and the pointer started running off all over the
>> > place :O)
>> >
>>
>> As suggested I reduced the pressure setting and the cursor is behaving
>> again. (It was set at factory defaults, which is what I had always used.)
>> Why? is another mystery to ask Great XP when I reach the top of the
>> mountain.
>>
>> Brendan
>
> No idea Brendan, it's always happening to me too. At the moment my pen
> is a bit iffy and has to kind of warn up before I can use it. I
> suppose I should buy a replacement but I am tight :O)
>

I called Wacom today. The technician said the fix is a pair of
needle-nose pliers. Gently pull the tip straight out and clean it with
your fingers. (I found a minimal amount of dirt where the tip merged with
the pen body.) Any dirt will screw up the pressure switch, and reducing
the sensitivity "will make it worse"(?). After reinsertion I reset to
factory default, with no problem so far. If that hadn't solved the
problem he opined that the pen was broken, and they'd be happy to sell me
a new one. He also said the service life of a pen was "about 4 years".
Since I have a Pen Partner going on 10 years that still works that must be
a conservative estimate.

Brendan

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