Mouse keeps turning off/on (win7)

mothermachine · 2 Dec 2009 at 09:52

Hi folks,

My mouse (Logitech Premium Optical Mouse with Wheel - about £5!) keeps turning off and back on again in a matter of 2-3 seconds, at random intervals, both in win7 and in games/apps.

Don't have another mouse to test but I'd be very surprised if the mouse was actually at fault? Seemed to work fine for a month or so now suddenly this is happening.

No Logitech drivers installed (or available AFAIK), just the win7 MS default ones.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

EDIT: I've updated chipset and tried different USB ports. No joy.

EDIT2: When it turns off I hear the "dun dom" win7 sound, suggesting something has been unplugged. But no "dun DUN" sound to tell me it's come back on, it just starts working again.

mothermachine · 2 Dec 2009 at 12:36

I know it's a boring thread but any ideas? Really bugging me now. Games are unplayable as the mouse keeps falling sleep and waking up randomly ;/

cheers,

flying grouse · 2 Dec 2009 at 13:01

I take that this is a USB mouse.

Go to your power settings, that is in the Control panel under "system and security".......>"power options"

and change the advanced settings......."USB setting.........usb selective suspend setting >to disable.

see if that cures your problem.

mothermachine · 2 Dec 2009 at 13:19

fixed! thanks grouse.

why is it that win7 defaults to everything being shut down after a certain amount of time... silly MS.

cheers!

flying grouse · 2 Dec 2009 at 15:44

Result.

I reckon it's all to do with microsoft making this default for laptop battery power savings.

some netbooks still consume power from the usb ports as they are still active. even when the netbook is fully charged and switched off, the next time you power up you will notice the battery indicator will not be at 100%