Gahhh! Intermittent mouse freezing. I need a geek!

[Hitcher]

Having just had to reboot for the fourth time tonight, I am getting more than a little irritated by an intermittant mouse freezing problem. I run a Microsoft optical mouse, so it can't be mechanical. Everything is plugged in all proper like. But every so often, when its fancy takes it, the mouse pointer just seizes up and don't move no more. Everything else on the old puter seems to work just fine.

What's the haps, peeps?

[Blakamin]

maybe nothing to do with your mouse... more likely your PC needs a clean (dust and stuff)... or your ram is screwed...

[Hitcher]

OK. Maybe I should have said I needed a REAL geek...

[madboy]

It'll be the virus that was downloaded with that last video file from www.teensforfree.com.

[thehollowmen]

Really?

It is a small hair catching under where the LED shines onto your desk.

Because of the shape of the hole I get them doing that all the @#$%#$$% time. When you reboot the computer i think it must disregard the hair from then on...

[korowetere]

Have you made any recent changes to your PC? Like new hard drive or something? I have this same problem on my computer a while back. Turns out it was a power supply problem. Very frustrating.

[Hitcher]

No recent hardware changes. I've just flossed the mouse's hole. Daily virus scan hasn't found anything untoward.

[rogson]

Beware, you are about to succumb to the cloak of darkness!

Download all your stuff onto CDs - immediately! Go out tonight and buy another puter (with the new wiz-bangs you absolutely need) and thank God (or me) that you have been rescued.

BTW - no charge

[limbimtimwim]

But every so often, when its fancy takes it, the mouse pointer just seizes up and don't move no more. Everything else on the old puter seems to work just fine.Is it a USB mouse? The plug is a rectangle (Not a circle)? If it is a USB rodent, unplug it, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in again.

If the plug is a circle (Or a classic trapezoid!) don't do that, it won't help things.

Like someone else has asked; has anything changed?

[Karma]

Wireless optical mouse? anything memory intensive running on your pc? (DVD player etc...)

[Hitcher]

USB mouse. Going quite well at the moment...

[Karma]

USB mouse. Going quite well at the moment...

See... I fixed it.

[miSTa]

Nothing useful to add but perhaps it needs a bit of mouse on mouse action (see pic)?

[wendigo]

Not using Mozilla firefox 1.5 are you? If so this may be relevant -> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5987401.html?tag=nl.e589

[Grizz]

Hitcher, by the sounds of it I have a similar mouse with a similar problem. It is a microsoft jobbie, and when it freezes up the red optical light goes out, give it a wiggle and a bash and it comes good, then goes ok for w hile then does the same thing. I was was just thinking of replacing it.

[Karma]

Hitcher, by the sounds of it I have a similar mouse with a similar problem. It is a microsoft jobbie, and when it freezes up the red optical light goes out, give it a wiggle and a bash and it comes good, then goes ok for w hile then does the same thing. I was was just thinking of replacing it.

Thinking of that... it could be a USB power issue...

You'd need to go into device manager and then the properties of your mouse to see if windows is turning it off to save power when it thinks it's not being used.

[Grizz]

Thinking of that... it could be a USB power issue...

You'd need to go into device manager and then the properties of your mouse to see if windows is turning it off to save power when it thinks it's not being used.

Thanks Weasel, checked that, that option isn't selected. It also fails when it is being used. I can't complain though, the PC has had countless hours of use (online gaming) so for the mouse to shit itself is not too bad going.

[Beemer]

BUY A NEW MOUSE!!! I had the same problem last year and put up with it for months - losing heaps of emails I'd been composing and work I'd been in the middle of when it happened (for some reason a control save or control print command wouldn't do anything either). Mentioned it to a real computer geek I know (very reasonable rates too!) and he said to replace it. I did and have never had any trouble again. For less than $100, it was well worth it.

He did tell me to leave the old mouse plugged in because the computer would continue searching for it, which I found a little odd. Sent the computer away for a repair once and forgot to plug in the old mouse - nothing has happened so I am not sure why he told me to do it!

[Zed]

Having just had to reboot for the fourth time tonight, I am getting more than a little irritated by an intermittant mouse freezing problem. I run a Microsoft optical mouse, so it can't be mechanical. Everything is plugged in all proper like. But every so often, when its fancy takes it, the mouse pointer just seizes up and don't move no more. Everything else on the old puter seems to work just fine.

What's the haps, peeps?I know it's probably not convenient, but the best test is to replace it with another and see if that fails...your solution should lie with the results?

[marty]

my mouse was working fine til about 9am on tuesday when some low-life decided to break into my house and steal 2 laptops, all the accessories, my ps2, 2 digi cameras, cell phones, etc etc. i've only just got my old crappy tower up and running, with a borrowed mouse.

grrrr. at least they didn't take any xmas pressies.

[Karma]

my mouse was working fine til about 9am on tuesday when some low-life decided to break into my house and steal 2 laptops, all the accessories, my ps2, 2 digi cameras, cell phones, etc etc. i've only just got my old crappy tower up and running, with a borrowed mouse.

grrrr. at least they didn't take any xmas pressies.

Pisser when that happens eh...

Insured?

[marty]

yeah. doesn't get back all the digi pix saved on the hard drive, or the Phd work (it was backed up though) and the whole 'wonder when they'll be back for the bikes/mini/other toys' thing

[boomer]

reinstall drivers.

[Beemer]

reinstall drivers.

I got told to do that and it made not a blind bit of difference. Buy a new mouse - it solved the problem for me!

[boomer]

I got told to do that and it made not a blind bit of difference. Buy a new mouse - it solved the problem for me!

You did step 1 and step 2 in the logical order :2thumbsup but hey.. who am i to give advice.. have you seen my avatar? :slap:

[SPORK]

This will fix it, k?

http://members.tripod.com/night_shadow2004/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/rubber_duckie.mp3

[Hitcher]

Hitcher, by the sounds of it I have a similar mouse with a similar problem. It is a microsoft jobbie, and when it freezes up the red optical light goes out, give it a wiggle and a bash and it comes good, then goes ok for w hile then does the same thing. I was was just thinking of replacing it.
The lights are all on but there's nobody at home...

[Wasp]

i guess now is a good a time than ever to admit i work as a computer technician..... (groans)

if its usb try another slot while on, if its ps2 try another mouse but never pull it out (especially dont plug it in) while its on or you will blow the controller chip.

if all else fails learn to use the keys. :doh: :lol:

[Dadpole]

Not much help but:

Sounds exactly like the problem I had with a similar mouse. Tried everything (and I am supposed to know this sh#t) Got a new mouse and that solved it.
Be interested to see if you fix the thing.