Urgent Mouse Help Please.

[Woody]

I've just bought a new quad core pc tower. I plugged in my cordless optical mouse and whenever the machine seems to be computing something the mouse keeps moving erratically and quite often is found near the start menu. I then unloaded the optical mouse drivers and plugged in a bog standard mouse and it does exactly the same.

 

Help Please as there's a deadline looming.

[SandmanNinja]

I've just bought a new quad core pc tower. I plugged in my cordless optical mouse and whenever the machine seems to be computing something the mouse keeps moving erratically and quite often is found near the start menu. I then unloaded the optical mouse drivers and plugged in a bog standard mouse and it does exactly the same.

 

Help Please as there's a deadline looming.

 

Okay - what operating system are you using?

 

You've eliminated the physical mouse, as it happens to two different mice.

 

Were both mice USB? PS2? If there were the same kind, try switching to a different type of connection.

 

Try these steps:

 

1) scandisk

2) defrag

3) run (something like) Ad-Aware to remove possible interferring spyware

4) run some sort of virus check

5) if it's a microsoft operating system, run updates and get everything up to the latest drivers

6) power off and back on

 

Does the mouse behave that way in ALL programs? Or just your 3D App? Try notepad.

 

If only your 3D App, then check for updates and posibly try re-installing the app on top of itself (it should preserve the settings that way - as its a REPAIR).

 

Let me know how you get on.

[Woody]

Hi Sandman,

 

Thanks for your post, after reading your responce I sussed out that the problem must have something to do with the PS2 port so plugging the mouse directly into a USB and reinstalled the latest Logitech drivers and Its working fine now.

 

Cheers Mate.

[SandmanNinja]

Hi Sandman,

 

Thanks for your post, after reading your responce I sussed out that the problem must have something to do with the PS2 port so plugging the mouse directly into a USB and reinstalled the latest Logitech drivers and Its working fine now.

 

Cheers Mate.

 

Any time! I'm sure I'll be posting heaps of Lighting questions before too much longer! hehe

 

Glad it's all sorted.