I have exactly the same problem, the mouse moves all over the screen and the screen randomly turns itself off.

Has anyone had any luck will Dell support? I've found them to be pretty bad when it comes to answering enquires.

All,

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Please make sure that you have updated to the latest BIOS and that you have the latest Touchpad drivers. If the problem continues, then you need to contact Technical Support.

Yes, I have done this and the problem still exists. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I also ran the diagnostics on the entire machine and no errors found. I should of mentioned also that this notebook will not shut down. Sits at a blue screen when trying to restart/shutdown.

Also, display goes into a strobe light effect sometimes. Will go back to normal after 5 minutes or so. I checked for viruses but none were found.

O/S - Win2000

Thanks

I found out what is causing the problem. I talked to a Dell Tech yesterday, him name is Paul, the best support I have ever had.
We were able to stop the mouse from doing it's thing by disabling the pointing stick (the little purple mouse on the KB). After doing this the problem quit immediately. To do this, go into control panel, open the mouse icon and hit the device settings tab. From there you can select and disable the pointing stick. If this fixes the problem then you will have to have dell support come and replace the keyboard.
Hope this helps

Something that helps is turning off edge motion

I appreciate the advice, but disabling the mouse pointer doesn't seem like that good of a solution.  Pls don't force me to use that stinkin etch-a-sketch pad to move the pointer!

Seriously, Dell can't expect us to get by, simply by disabling key components.  This is rediculous.  My drifting mouse problem has been a huge problem for several months now.  I want to take a sledge hammer to this thing!!!!!!

See the many, many other posts that reference this issue.  A sledge hammer is probably better than any solution Dell will provide to you.  Good Luck.