Erratic Mouse Behavior - Sound Problems

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Make sure your IDE channels are set to DMA and not PIO (Properties/devices)

"David T. Kaff" <dkaff@bak.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I recently reformatted my hard drive and installed XP Pro. I have noticed
> lately that my wired, USB, optical mouse has been moving erratically. I
> can try to drag it across the desktop and it seems to lag a bit. If I'm
> listening to any MP3's or any other music, it will stutter. It seems like
> my whole system "stutters" due to my mouse movement. Has anyone ever had
> this type of problem before. My computer is home-built. It has:
>
> Athlon XP 2500 CPU (overclocked to 3200)
> 1 gig RAM
> NVIDIA 5600 video card with 256 megs of RAM
> MSI KT6 Delta Series MB
>
> I have even tried slowing it back down to 2500 and I still get the same
> error.
>
> Thanks!
>

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?)

Thanks, I'll check that out.
"Scumball" <scumball@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Make sure your IDE channels are set to DMA and not PIO
> (Properties/devices)
>
> "David T. Kaff" <dkaff@bak.rr.com> wrote in message
> news a44d.12736$OB2.5682@twister.socal.rr.com...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I recently reformatted my hard drive and installed XP Pro. I have
>> noticed lately that my wired, USB, optical mouse has been moving
>> erratically. I can try to drag it across the desktop and it seems to lag
>> a bit. If I'm listening to any MP3's or any other music, it will
>> stutter. It seems like my whole system "stutters" due to my mouse
>> movement. Has anyone ever had this type of problem before. My computer
>> is home-built. It has:
>>
>> Athlon XP 2500 CPU (overclocked to 3200)
>> 1 gig RAM
>> NVIDIA 5600 video card with 256 megs of RAM
>> MSI KT6 Delta Series MB
>>
>> I have even tried slowing it back down to 2500 and I still get the same
>> error.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
>