Not sure if anyone remembers, but I had a rather active post here regarding a hard drive that was supposedly constantly writing, or rather, a constant hourglass + pointer cursor:

http://www.computing.net/windows95/...

Well, I'm pleased to say I located and fixed the problem - and like most all of these seemingly incurable problems, it was easy to the point of disbelief.

First though, a word about the processor write/read noise - the sound turned out to be a combination of a bad PSU fan, and a slight ticking from the heatsink fan. Both problems were quickly rectified.

As for the cursor, it appears as if the standard arrow cursor icon for idle use had been - somehow - replaced with that of the icon for "Working In Background." I hit the button to restore the icon defaults, and the problem disappeared.

Beats me to hell how the icon got changed in the first place - I never did touch the icons. For that matter, if I recall right, it had been set like this since I installed Win 98 on that unit about 4 months ago. Go figure.

Hope this might help.

Take care,

-Kurt

Thanks for coming back with the info; so seldom happpens...

No problem.

I know the feeling, for I've learned most all I know through reading these and other forums, and there is NOTHING I can't stand more then finding the exact topic I'm seeking, only to see that:

#1: It was abandoned mid-post,
#2: Nobody responded to the O/P,
or
#3: The responses are filled with unintelligible and/or BS from seemingly illiterate gamers (forgive the ranting).

Take care,

-Kurt