Problem with the mouse pointer

Speedrage

Speedrage

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This really is bugging me beyond belief, it started about 2 months ago and I cannot find a solution. My mouse pointer will lock up randomly, sometimes every couple of mintes, sometimes infrequently. The only way to unlock it is to press a keyboard button, I ususally press space bar, or Tab.

1. I have totally reinstalled XP
2. I have replaced my mouse (MX518 to a MX 1000 laser cordless)
3. The keyboard is only about 3 months old
4. Al the latest drivers etc etc

Considered a software problem (updated drivers)
Considered an OS problem (XP reinstall)
Considered hardware problem (new mouse)

Any ideas, it's driving me insane....

Specs:

PSU : Hiper R 580W
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1005
Mainboard : ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
Total Memory : Corsair Value 2GB DDR-SDRAM (4 x 512 sticks)
GFX card : Radeon X1900XTX Toxic (water cooled)
CD-ROM/DVD 1 : SONY DVD-ROM DDU1622 (CD 40X Rd) (DVD 5X Rd)
CD-ROM/DVD 2 : SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A (CD 48X Rd, 48X Wr) (DVD 6X Rd, 6X Wr)
HDs : SATA RAID 0 (2 x 200G Seagate 7200 RPM Hardrives)
Keyboard : Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 V1.0
Mouse : Logitech MX 1000 Laser Cordless
Soundcard : Creative SB Audigy 4 (WDM)
Operating System(s) : Windows Vista Professional (Win32 x86) 6.00.5384 / Windows XP Home Edition
Network Services : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller / Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 
You re-installed an OS because of a mouse/USB problem??????


Are you sure the USB controller is okay.. Have you tried other USB devices on the same port as you are using the mouse on..

Have you checked the device for installed drivers.. Sometimes, the USB drivers have to be set-up independently. edit - I have that same board and i do have to install the drivers after a fresh install..
 
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Thanks for the welcome. I have installed USB drivers, checked device manager and they are working fine, the port inself works ok with other peripherals. The OS needed a reinstall anyway and it happens both with Vista and XP. That is the annoying part, can't seem to track down the problem.

I can only assume a loose connection or something like that, I'm going to try the USB ports at the front of my box and also the OS2 connection, I have a few adapters lying around.
 
Check the mouse properties under Mouse in Control panel.

Make sure that everything looks ok there. i.e. Mouse speed, pointer speed, pricision speed is enabled.. what device is showing in the device window?
 
I used to have an MX1000 and had a few problems with it when it was plugged into USB.

I know this seems stupid, but use the adaptor and plug it into PS/2. I am pretty confident that your problems will disappear ;) This is unfortunately one of the only solutions for MX1000 pointer problems (no idea why, and I know it seems stupid to go back to 'old technology', but it works :)).
 
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