- Oct 11, 2012
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and I have no idea what the problem is. The computer I'm using is about 3 years old, the mouse probably closer to about a year old. Randomly in games (sometimes while not in-game, although less frequently) I hear the USB disconnect sound, and the mouse no longer responds. Then about 3-4 seconds later I hear the reconnect sound, and the mouse begins to work again. This has happened for about a month or so now.
For specific reasons I don't want to bore you with, I'm using this older computer specifically with the intent of playing fps games, as I've got it optimised to be as responsive as possible through various driver setups and desktop configurations, none of which have ever given me any trouble.
However, I have another gaming desktop, and a laptop which I use for work. I've tested the mouse on both of these machines, and they work fine, although the test time per machine was probably around 20-25 minutes so it's possible that's the reason I noticed no issues. I've also tested different mice on this machine, and again they do work - but I've never spent more than about 30 minutes on said mice before moving on or reverting to what I'm currently using atm, so maybe my results are inconclusive.
I've narrowed it down to what I believe could be options:
- My PSU is bust
- Some type of incompatible driver configuration/device manager/etc
- My USB ports are dead
- My mouse is dead
I have an odd feeling there's some kind of weird driver incompatibility. For a long time, and as part of my idiosyncratic setup, I wasn't playing with the drivers (Logitech Gaming Software) for my mouse. The mouse worked fine, and I only installed them today to test the mouse at different polling rates to see if the USB ports were under too much stress at higher numbers. It made no difference. There's also a bunch of odd stuff under the device manager about HID compliant mice and USB Root Hubs that I don't understand whatsoever.
I'm incredibly confused and don't know too much about this stuff, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. I could just change mouse and see if that works, but replacing either my computer or my mouse would be something I'd only want to do as a last resort.
Thanks for reading + Merry Christmas!
For specific reasons I don't want to bore you with, I'm using this older computer specifically with the intent of playing fps games, as I've got it optimised to be as responsive as possible through various driver setups and desktop configurations, none of which have ever given me any trouble.
However, I have another gaming desktop, and a laptop which I use for work. I've tested the mouse on both of these machines, and they work fine, although the test time per machine was probably around 20-25 minutes so it's possible that's the reason I noticed no issues. I've also tested different mice on this machine, and again they do work - but I've never spent more than about 30 minutes on said mice before moving on or reverting to what I'm currently using atm, so maybe my results are inconclusive.
I've narrowed it down to what I believe could be options:
- My PSU is bust
- Some type of incompatible driver configuration/device manager/etc
- My USB ports are dead
- My mouse is dead
I have an odd feeling there's some kind of weird driver incompatibility. For a long time, and as part of my idiosyncratic setup, I wasn't playing with the drivers (Logitech Gaming Software) for my mouse. The mouse worked fine, and I only installed them today to test the mouse at different polling rates to see if the USB ports were under too much stress at higher numbers. It made no difference. There's also a bunch of odd stuff under the device manager about HID compliant mice and USB Root Hubs that I don't understand whatsoever.
I'm incredibly confused and don't know too much about this stuff, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. I could just change mouse and see if that works, but replacing either my computer or my mouse would be something I'd only want to do as a last resort.
Thanks for reading + Merry Christmas!
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