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Hi everyone,
I'm having this really weird problem with my optical mouse. If i move my mouse left to right pretty fast, the pointer just goes erratic and it shakes. It just started happening. Anyone have any clue? I'm using windows XP. Could this be cause by malware?
I had the same problem with my Intellimouse......related to the USB polling interval. Is yours USB?
no its ps2
When was the last AV and Malware scan. Definitions up to date?
Have you looed at what processes are currently running?
Installed any new software?
Not doubting you, just had to ask to skip the obvious.
Yup, checked everything. Done AV scan, thecleaner, spybot. Thecleaner caught some trojans and cleaned them up. The mouse works fine if I move it normally. I play CS in a league and I have fast reflexes in the game. I tend to move my mouse really fast when I need to. Suddenly the mouse just goes erratic :(.
First, I hate to ask this, but is it a MS mouse?
Second, you might try using a different mouse pad... Sometimes optical mice go screwy if the pads not right.
There may be a way to correct this without knowing the cause. (Possibly)
Try to just increase the cursor speed, this should allow you to move the mouse slower and shorter but get the same results.
Also happens if it's a crappy optical mouse. The crappy ones can't refresh fast enough to keep up with the movement and they flip out.
its a keio mouse :). I tried increasing and decreasing the cursor speed but no luck :(.
Before you do anything drastic, make sure your mouse pad doesn't have too many lines and stuff on it (honestly :P) which is pretty much what D0pp139an93r said. I use part of a map that's on my desk as a mouse pad and because of this the mouse sometimes jerks from side to side, goes in the wrong direction, etc. I'm just too lazy to get rid of the map.
And yes, the mouse is fine when it's not on the map.
ac
Hi,
Try cleaning the lens with lint and a mild detergent or isopropyl alcohol. In a normal environment the lens can get striations that fill with dirt and interfere with the signal.
Go slow and the signal is clear enough to be read, go fast and it is not.
I have encountered this problem in design offices.....might be an idea to treat yourself to a Razer Boomslang and only use that one for gaming?
Just a thought?
Cheers
I tried cleaning it with alcohol, no luck :(. I used one of those dusters, no luck. I switched it with another optical one, and the same thing happened. Maybe i have some settings in my computer that are screwed up. I have the latest drivers for the mouse.
Hi Cybr1d,
I don't know what sort of machine you're using, but I had a similar problem with my optical mouse (USB). It was erratic - sometimes worked fine, other times it took a wander all over the screen, usually it just kept rising to the top of the screen. I was using a laptop with a touchpad. Disabled the pad and the problem disappeared. May not help, but there you go anyway.
Good luck
I'm using a PC. Yesterday it suddenly started doing this. If i move my mouse left to right really fast it just gets stuck in the middle of the screen goin nuts. its like it hits a wall.
the surface your mousing on is prolly not very good, at high speeds the mouse can't tell if your going left or right, just like weels on a car sometimes seem to be going backwards, so it keeps changing direction, either get a mouse specificaly for optical mice or get a dual-optical, they have two lenses and are alot harder to fool like that.
As tons of people have said. Use a single color mouse pad (black is best because it will not reflect back). Clean the "projector". Check to make sure the mouse is plugged in correctly. Check to make sure the wire is not cut or anything like that. I used to have this problem, but it was just the dell mouse pad. I do not think drivers are the problem.
-Cheers-
Hello all,
I agree with PM8228. I use a Logitech optical mouse at work, and since day one, it has had a tendency to "freak out" on me. Usually, it will just shoot over to the bottom left of the screen, and before I know it, I'm bringing up the start menu. It's kind of annoying, but nothing a new mouse pad won't fix.
No no no no, not singel colour, what you want is a optical mouse specific mouse mat which acctualy has specks on it, the ones I have seen had large hexagons with random black dots on white background, gives good reflection of the light and because they are random the mouse can follow it even if you move really fast.
Using a singel colour or black is the worst thing you can do because the mouse will only see black and will not get a reading for any movement at all.
I've been using a black mousepad. I'll try the new mouspad, maybe that will work. I did try another optical mouse in this pad, and it still did the same thing. Thank you for your help everyone :).
i had the same problem before , I uninstalled and reinstalle d mouse , which fixed it..
also I got rid of using a mouse pad even the ones for optical.. the bare desk top worked better
A problem I have had is similar and I first looked at the drivers and hardware as being faulty. Then I looked at the mouse itself and found that a small hair lodged itself inside the area where the optical light is and occasionally it would get caught on the mousepad and cause my cursor to go all over the place. The posts that talk about cleaning are worth the time to consider.
Good Luck
WHOOHOOO....lol. OK here's the deal. I went and bought a M$ mouse for 20 bucks with "intellieye". It works like a beauty, no matter how fast I move it. Knowing that it came from M$ almost brought a tear to my eye to see it work :D. I also bought a mousepad made specifically for Optical. Everything works perfectly right now. Thank you so much to everyone for your help.
I had a similar problem and could not for the life of me figure it out. But the problem went away when my son tripped over the cord to the halogen desk lamp I had near by. That lamp was the cause. Needless to say, it's not in the area any more.
mx-500 = best mouse
I had another Logitech before and it had the problem.
Buy an mx-500 and I'm positive it will fix it.
Also the drivers that Logitech supplies for XP are shitty. I let XP take care of the drivers by itself.
why can't u try updating the driver file for mouse and clean the mouse
waiting
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I did clean it, and I did research for the latest drivers (which were already installed). Neither one worked. I'm guessing the mice sometimes just go crazy. I've tried a few other optical mice, and only 1 other one did the same thing. I'm guessing it was just time for me to get a new mouse :). I also bought a mousepad made specifically for optical mice. it was like 12 dollars but i'm guessing its worth it.