Mouse randomly stops for a second every two minutes or so

growse · 2 Sep 2006 at 02:26

My mouse (usb) has suddenly started stopping for about half a second on a regular basis. I did a reinstall about 2 weeks back, but this has only just started happening. Not installed anything recently either. I've done the usual stopping of processes until it stops, but this doesn't fix the problem. Nothing else on the system stutters, it's just the mouse.

Any ideas what causes this? I don't want to do another reinstall just because of this.

Tom|Nbk · 2 Sep 2006 at 03:17

What mouse is it?

EDIT : OT i know but 666 Post's

Craig321 · 2 Sep 2006 at 03:54

growse said:
My mouse (usb) has suddenly started stopping for about half a second on a regular basis. I did a reinstall about 2 weeks back, but this has only just started happening. Not installed anything recently either. I've done the usual stopping of processes until it stops, but this doesn't fix the problem. Nothing else on the system stutters, it's just the mouse.

Any ideas what causes this? I don't want to do another reinstall just because of this.

Havr you tried re-plugging it in?

Also, is it wireless?

growse · 2 Sep 2006 at 05:24

It's an old ms (wired) intellimouse that I've had for about 4 years - never gone wrong. Tried it in both 1.1 and both 2.0 sockets on the mb, same thing. Don't know whether to buy a new mouse or do a reinstall. Both are a faff

Second thoughts, I might do a reinstall of my xp64 OS on my other drive. Then, if it does the same thing there, I know it's hardware...

TrUz · 2 Sep 2006 at 08:07

Have you tried re-installing the mouse software?

TrUz

Rimm3r · 2 Sep 2006 at 11:29

my mouse is doing exactly the same thing at the moment, i just have to unplug it then plug it back in. Im using it on my laptop so will probabaly end up just buying a new laptop mouse. My one at the moment is a a usb wired optical mouse, which is also about 4 years old :S

Meatball · 2 Sep 2006 at 12:43

My Microsoft wireless mouse done that for a few days. I fixed it by changing around the USB port

growse · 2 Sep 2006 at 14:40

TrUz said:
Have you tried re-installing the mouse software?

TrUz

Didn't know there was mouse software as such - just a generic usb driver.

This behaviour happens in all usb ports.

Ah well, onto the OS install

Dark_Angel · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:03

growse said:
Didn't know there was mouse software as such - just a generic usb driver.

This behaviour happens in all usb ports.

Ah well, onto the OS install

You could try it on someone elses PC, if thats possible of course.

growse · 2 Sep 2006 at 18:58

Well, I reinstalled xp64, no fix. So now it's stuttering in xp32, and a fresh install of xp64. So I bought a new mouse.

I got the logitech MX400 as I didn't have that much cash (friend kept telling me to get a g7). Apart from getting used to the strange acceleration things, it's fine so far