IBM Partner Pavilion TrackPoint manual Connecting a Mouse to the Keyboard, Disable

When	to	Disable	the	ThinkPad	Onboard	Pointing
Device

Connecting a Mouse to the Keyboard

Use

the

Option

Diskette

to

install

the

device

driver

even

if

the

TrackPoint

pointing

device

is

included

in

your

ThinkPad

computer.

After

you

install

the

TrackPoint

device

driver

on

a

ThinkPad

notebook

computer,

the TrackPoint onboard pointing device

on

your

ThinkPad

will

be

automatically

disabled

each

time

you

start

your

computer

with

the

keyboard

connected.

However,

on

a

ThinkPad

600

or

follow-on,

or

a

ThinkPad

770

or

follow-on,

you

must

use

the

following

procedure

so

that

the

ThinkPad

TrackPoint

is

set

to

Auto-Disable:

1.

Click

on Start .

2.

Select

Programs

, ThinkPad

, ThinkPad

Configuration

.

Note:

If

the

mouse

you

are

connecting requires

additional

software,

3.

Click

on

the TrackPoint

icon.

the

software

must

be

uninstalled

for

the

TrackPoint

pointing

device

to

4. Select Auto-Disable

on the pull-down

menu

next

to

TrackPoint

.

work

properly.

For

instructions

on

how

to

configure

the

mouse

to

5.

Click

on

OK

to

save

changes.

function

as

a

standard

PS/2-style

mouse,

refer

to

the

instructions

6.

Click

on

OK

to

restart

the

ThinkPad

notebook

computer.

provided

with

the

mouse.

You

can

connect

an

optional

mouse

to

the

keyboard.

The

mouse

must

be

PS/2-style

with a 6-pin, mini-DIN

connector.

The

keyboard

does

not

support

any

other

style

of

mouse.

When a

mouse

is

connected,

you

can

use

it

or

the

TrackPoint

pointing

device or

both.

To

install

a

mouse,

attach

it

to

the

round

mouse

connector

on

the rear

of

the

keyboard

1 .

The mouse is now operational.

Part 1: Installation Instructions 1-7