Wired mouse randomly stops working for a specific amount of time when playing games.

CobaltImpurity

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Nov 16, 2014
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Whenever I play games, usually on steam, my mouse will randomly stop functioning for about 1.5 seconds and then begin to work again. But the really weird part is it is still reading all of my movements. I know this because the cursor is where it should be when it begins to work again. So for example if I have my mouse on the left side of the screen and move it toward the right side at a consistent speed and it stops working at the middle and I continue to move it toward the right, the cursor is on the right edge of my monitor when it begins to work.

 

bigwoofer

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Aug 14, 2013
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I think you're being trolled by gremlins! They're inside your mouse and you need to shout them out. SERIOUSLY though I'm going to take a stab at this:
- possible hardware failure: have a tried a different mouse?
- try removing your HID Compliant Mouse/Mouses from your 'Device Manager' section
- while in the 'Device Manager' section, clear the checkbox that allows your mouse to turn off to save power

Let us know the answers to these to get us started!