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[Zaptruder]

I've had this Wacom Graphire 2 tablet for a couple years or so now; it's worked perfectly since I've bought it... at least until I had to reformat my computer and reinstall Windows XP (SP2).

Originally had it running on SP1, along with the original CD drivers, but now I'm running them off the website drivers (tried both graphire 3 drivers, backwards compatible, and graphire 2 drivers, not compatible with graphire 3).

Anyway, the cursor now jitters quite badly... if I leave it still on the tablet, holding it, it will jitter in a random direction, 1-3 pixels at a time. It will jitter around the same spot, so it's not a case of a shaky hand. Also very evident when drawing lines slowly. Leaving the stylus flat will also cause the cursor to jump 50-100 pixels around in 4 directions, although less frequently (still frequently) then if I was holding it upright.

Without the drivers, the jitter doesn't occur, although the computer doesn't track the movement fast enough for it to be usable as a drawing tool; ends up jumping all over the place.

Anyone know what this problem is? Is it the stylus that's been dropped too many times? Or the tablet itself?

Does Wacom have some kinda lifetime guarantee? Or at least a service center I could call in australia?

 

[recluse]

What happens if you move the tablet and pen away from the monitor? I had a problem with an old CRT that would jitter the cursor if it was to close to the screen.

 

[Zaptruder]

Well, as a qualifier, I've used it with the same setup, in the same spots, without problems before, prior to format.

But to answer your question, it still jitters.

 

[Kuramu]

i dropped my stylus once on a hard floor and had this problem. had to get a new one. they are apparently delicate like that... the manual even warns about it... i wonder what's in there that's so sensitive

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

There is a lifetime guarantee for the Wacom Tablet I own. I assume it applies to all of their products. :X

Anyhow, I sometimes have the jitters with my tablet. What I do is unplug the device from the computer and reconnect it.

Unless you've already tried that. . .

 

[DarthWoo]

My tablet also gets the jitters, but only when close to the monitor. I dropped it once, from 2-3 feet onto a concrete surface, but other than the monitor-induced jitters, it still works fine.

 

[God's Hand]

Is CorelPainter IX just the coolest program ever created? I'm buying a Wacom tablet just to use it.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

my graphire 3 used to do this (as well as just stop working intermittently) .. sent it off to wacom, they couldn't replicate the problem. turns out someone had mistaken the wacom pen for a real pen, and put it nib-down in a pen holder i bought a new one, works fine now.