Mouse problems

[Jimmy255]

Hi,
My mouse seems to freeze every few minutes or so for a few seconds. I have a logitech optical mouse (nothing special) and it just stops working for a few seconds. The light goes off inside which suggests a pulse of power or something like that.

Then it just starts working agian.

I have moved it to a different USB port but it is still happening.

Anyone have any idea why? this happened before?

 

[montag451]

Try a new mouse

 

[wpshooter]

Get yourself a Microsoft mouse. Almost every Logitech mouse I have owned has had minor problems like you describe. I don't have those problems with Microsoft.

P.S. - Get one with a wire - NOT wireless. Wireless is trouble as far as I am concerned.

 

[Medea]

Originally posted by: wpshooter
P.S. - Get one with a wire - NOT wireless. Wireless is trouble as far as I am concerned.

Yep. Also, personally I've found that a ps2 optical mouse is less troublesome than a USB one.

 

[Slikkster]

Microsoft used to have problems with their optical mice. Same symptoms as you are having. The problem with theirs, and possibly your Logitech, was a slight wire breakage where the wire connects to the mouse body. Very intermittent.

I had a Logitech mouse that would freeze up in games for few moments. I never noticed it on the desktop because I wasn't doing too much in the way of movement. But in games, it was very annoying. Replacing the mouse did the trick.

As a test, you can get a cheap USB/PS2 adapter (very, very cheap...might even have come with your mouse) and plug the mouse directly into the PS/2 port. Of course, power down your pc before doing this. See if you still have the freezing. If so, most definitely a defective mouse. If no freezing, chances are you have some piece of hardware sharing the interrupt (IRQ) with the USB Host Controller that's interfering with the mouse. That would be my guess.