Hey guys.
About a month ago I decided to try out the OC Genie II feature on my MSI P67 motherboard. This resulted in a 4.2GHz clock on my i5 2500k with great temperatures, however I decided to revert back as I was just testing it.
Afterwards I was playing Battlefield 3 when all of a sudden my mouse (Logitech G500) stopped responding. Immediately after, my keyboard (MS Sidewinder X4) stopped responding too. Both the LEDs on my mouse and keyboard were flashing intermittently, as if they were constantly gaining and losing power. This continued happening, and I gathered that:
This is why I'm here. Yesterday I rebuilt my PC with a new mobo/case/RAM, alongside a completely fresh install of Windows 7. And it still happens (this is before installing Setpoint, so it's not that). Earlier I took my mouse and keyboard and plugged them into my laptop. After fiddling with the mouse I did notice it lagging a bit. I then gave my mouse to my step-dad to use on his laptop for a while. After 1 minute it lost all power. This then happened again an hour later.
Since then I've been using my X4 along with some trashy wireless mouse, and I've had no issues. Great then (although I could go a day without any issues before, so I'm still not entirely convinced). My mouse seems to be the only issue, but there's two points bugging me that I'd like an answer to:
Thanks for your time.
EDIT: The components that I kept the same were my CPU (very much doubt this would cause it), my PSU (it's a Corsair HX650W, again I don't see how it could be the cause), my GPU (yeah, nah), and my SSD (I have no reason to suspect there's anything wrong with it).
About a month ago I decided to try out the OC Genie II feature on my MSI P67 motherboard. This resulted in a 4.2GHz clock on my i5 2500k with great temperatures, however I decided to revert back as I was just testing it.
Afterwards I was playing Battlefield 3 when all of a sudden my mouse (Logitech G500) stopped responding. Immediately after, my keyboard (MS Sidewinder X4) stopped responding too. Both the LEDs on my mouse and keyboard were flashing intermittently, as if they were constantly gaining and losing power. This continued happening, and I gathered that:
■ It was more likely to happen when I was playing games
■ When freezing, my PC remembered the last input state. i.e. if I was moving to the right, I'd continue moving to the right when my keyboard froze, even if I unplugged it!
■ Plugging the devices back in didn't solve the issue, unless I plugged them into a port that I hadn't used before, prompting drivers to be installed.
■ A complete freeze was normally preceded by my mouse freezing for 0.5-2 seconds a few times. Sometimes only the mouse would lose power, and the keyboard remained functional.
■ My USB microphone never encountered a problem.
This is why I'm here. Yesterday I rebuilt my PC with a new mobo/case/RAM, alongside a completely fresh install of Windows 7. And it still happens (this is before installing Setpoint, so it's not that). Earlier I took my mouse and keyboard and plugged them into my laptop. After fiddling with the mouse I did notice it lagging a bit. I then gave my mouse to my step-dad to use on his laptop for a while. After 1 minute it lost all power. This then happened again an hour later.
Since then I've been using my X4 along with some trashy wireless mouse, and I've had no issues. Great then (although I could go a day without any issues before, so I'm still not entirely convinced). My mouse seems to be the only issue, but there's two points bugging me that I'd like an answer to:
■ How did overclocking kill my mouse?
■ How is it that when my mouse dies it can also kill my keyboard?
Thanks for your time.
EDIT: The components that I kept the same were my CPU (very much doubt this would cause it), my PSU (it's a Corsair HX650W, again I don't see how it could be the cause), my GPU (yeah, nah), and my SSD (I have no reason to suspect there's anything wrong with it).
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