Solve : cursor is cursed??

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Answer» i have a dell 2400 computer and a logitech cordless optical mouse. the cursor jumps to the top left of my screen while i'm playing my games, but i'm not intentionally moving the cursor at all. SOMETIMES it'll happen 4-5 times in a 10 MIN. period, and then won't happen again for hours. the cursor is easily retrievable, but games LIKE bingo get difficult when i have to chase the cursor. what do you suggest? new batteries haven't helped.try a new mouse and see if the issue persists. this mouse is only a few months old. do these things have a really short lifespan?? will i need to replace my mouse every few months?Quote will i need to replace my mouse every few months? no, but until you test your comp with another mouse, we cannot be sure if it is your mouse thats causing the problem.I presume you have tried new / freshly charged batteries in the cordless mouse?f its chordless then there should be a receiver try putting it really close to the mouse and see if it still happens Quote from: !~:.Pink Floyd.:~! on July 12, 2008, 11:04:25 AM what kinda of mouse is it? Btw if its chordless then there should be a receiver try putting it really close to the mouse and see if it still happens The OP already wrote this: Quote i have a dell 2400 computer and a logitech cordless optical mouse. sorry I have trouble reading I swicth my post I just recently got a cordless mouse and it acts strange when the batteries get low, but I see the OP has changed batteries. Personally I don't really like cordless mice. I suggest using one with a WIRE. thank you all for your input. i was really hoping for some quick setting change or something. i hate to spend money for a new mouse when the problem is only an annoyance/nuisance. the receiver (if that's what the thingy plugged into the back of the computer is called) is about 2 ft. away from the mouse. Does your mouse have a reset button? I have a wireless Logitech LX7 mouse and I have to press the reset button on the bottom of the mouse occasionally.Aren't most wireless mice USB types? I have heard gamers say they prefer a PS/2 wired mouse to USB types, wired or wireless. That's PS/2, nothing to do with PS2 (the game console). Quote from: Dias de verano on July 12, 2008, 12:28:48 PM Aren't most wireless mice USB types? I don't know but my MS wireless connects via PS2. @phobarbenix: I have an MS wireless keyboard and mouse with the receiver connected to the computer via PS2. I've had a similar - but less predictable - erratic cursor movement for quite awhile. Numerous Google searches have revealed many other people with similar issue - but, I haven't seen any solutions. I was thinking of trying Logitech! If you haven't already done so, try updating the driver - didn't work for me, but... . Best of luck! EDIT: And try the reset/re-connect that @Kip suggested - also didn't work for me. If I have my cell phone switched on and I place it anywhere on the desk it interferes with my wireless mouse & keyboardQuote from: Dias de verano on July 12, 2008, 01:09:45 PM If I have my cell phone switched on and I place it anywhere on the desk it interferes with my wireless mouse & keyboard Makes sense to me - I've thought that my erratic problems (that is to say, my CURSOR's erratic problems ), may well be caused by 'interference' of some sort. Toward that end, I've moved speakers, monitor, modem, router, USB hub, etc as far from the wireless receiver as possible. Possibly not far enough, but, I've not been able to isolate a cause. Part of the problem, of course, is that it's not predictable. I don't game or do anything requiring precise mouse movement, so, for me, the occasional whacked out cursor (<-technical description!) is, at most, a mild annoyance. Truth be told, I like the weight and feel of a wired mouse much better than I like the weight and feel of my wireless mouse - I guess that I dislike the cord more!

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i have a dell 2400 computer and a logitech cordless optical mouse. the cursor jumps to the top left of my screen while i'm playing my games, but i'm not intentionally moving the cursor at all. SOMETIMES it'll happen 4-5 times in a 10 MIN. period, and then won't happen again for hours. the cursor is easily retrievable, but games LIKE bingo get difficult when i have to chase the cursor. what do you suggest? new batteries haven't helped.try a new mouse and see if the issue persists. this mouse is only a few months old. do these things have a really short lifespan?? will i need to replace my mouse every few months?Quote

will i need to replace my mouse every few months?

no, but until you test your comp with another mouse, we cannot be sure if it is your mouse thats causing the problem.I presume you have tried new / freshly charged batteries in the cordless mouse?f its chordless then there should be a receiver try putting it really close to the mouse and see if it still happens

Quote from: !~*:.Pink Floyd.:*~! on July 12, 2008, 11:04:25 AM

what kinda of mouse is it?

Btw if its chordless then there should be a receiver try putting it really close to the mouse and see if it still happens

The OP already wrote this:

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i have a dell 2400 computer and a logitech cordless optical mouse.

sorry I have trouble reading I swicth my post
I just recently got a cordless mouse and it acts strange when the batteries get low, but I see the OP has changed batteries. Personally I don't really like cordless mice. I suggest using one with a WIRE.
thank you all for your input. i was really hoping for some quick setting change or something. i hate to spend money for a new mouse when the problem is only an annoyance/nuisance. the receiver (if that's what the thingy plugged into the back of the computer is called) is about 2 ft. away from the mouse. Does your mouse have a reset button? I have a wireless Logitech LX7 mouse and I have to press the reset button on the bottom of the mouse occasionally.Aren't most wireless mice USB types? I have heard gamers say they prefer a PS/2 wired mouse to USB types, wired or wireless. That's PS/2, nothing to do with PS2 (the game console).

Quote from: Dias de verano on July 12, 2008, 12:28:48 PM

Aren't most wireless mice USB types?

I don't know but my MS wireless connects via PS2.

@phobarbenix: I have an MS wireless keyboard and mouse with the receiver connected to the computer via PS2. I've had a similar - but less predictable - erratic cursor movement for quite awhile. Numerous Google searches have revealed many other people with similar issue - but, I haven't seen any solutions. I was thinking of trying Logitech!

If you haven't already done so, try updating the driver - didn't work for me, but... .

Best of luck!

EDIT: And try the reset/re-connect that @Kip suggested - also didn't work for me. If I have my cell phone switched on and I place it anywhere on the desk it interferes with my wireless mouse & keyboardQuote from: Dias de verano on July 12, 2008, 01:09:45 PM

If I have my cell phone switched on and I place it anywhere on the desk it interferes with my wireless mouse & keyboard

Makes sense to me - I've thought that my erratic problems (that is to say, my CURSOR's erratic problems ), may well be caused by 'interference' of some sort. Toward that end, I've moved speakers, monitor, modem, router, USB hub, etc as far from the wireless receiver as possible. Possibly not far enough, but, I've not been able to isolate a cause. Part of the problem, of course, is that it's not predictable. I don't game or do anything requiring precise mouse movement, so, for me, the occasional whacked out cursor (<-technical description!) is, at most, a mild annoyance.

Truth be told, I like the weight and feel of a wired mouse much better than I like the weight and feel of my wireless mouse - I guess that I dislike the cord more!

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