PC Mouse is going nuts

Post by **GagaMan** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:14 pm

This is starting to drive me up the wall. Recently my mouse has been acting really over sensitive, and quite often it'll double click when I click once, or if I'm dragging something it'll keep letting go of it. It also makes drawing a pain in the arse as it'll keep leaving gaps. Sometimes it shuts off completely, with the infrared light switching off, and wakes back up if you drop it from a few centimeters. Does anyone think this may be a setting in the mouse properties I need to change, or maybe it's time I got a new mouse, even though this one is only about six months old?

Also, my tablet board does this as well, so maybe it's a setting?

Post by **Mozgus** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:10 pm

Optical mice go senile quite often. I recommend a Logitech MX series.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6826104178

I've had my red MX510 for 3-4 years now and it still performs flawlessly.

Post by **Niode** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:16 pm

I second that notion. My MX510 has been through hell and back, that thing has been dropped, swung, smashed, thrown against walls, the lot and it still works perfectly!

Post by **Mozgus** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:57 pm

devilmyarse wrote:I second that notion. My MX510 has been through hell and back, that thing has been dropped, swung, smashed, thrown against walls, the lot and it still works perfectly!

Good to hear that. I also picked up the $20 RatPadz XT and it came with little mouse feet things that further enhanced it.

http://ratpadz.com/

I love it. It's so accurate now.

Post by **GagaMan** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:28 pm

Surely if my tablet does it as well it's not the mouse? I don't really want to have to buy a new one..

Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:55 pm

Sounds like your motherboard is going hay-wire to me!