Mouse cursor failure

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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:46:34 GMT, "<\(@l@\)>Lightningslim"
<lightningslimHAT@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Hi All!
>I'm completely stuck on this problem so I thought I'd see if any of you guys could come up with anything...
>On a xp system I built 3 months ago, while I was using my Microsoft wireless (USB) mouse the screen cursor jumped and went dead. I have always had a second mouse (USB) ready to operate should the batteries fail in the first mouse, but it also could not move the cursor. (Also clicks not registering.)
>After rebooting the mouse cursor remained steadfastly at the centre of the screen.
>After reinstalling the drivers - same thing.
>I tried safe mode and Yay! the mouse cursor worked again!
>I used the system restore to take it back by one day (although I had not installed anything new) rebooting into xp - the mice still worked - Job done, I thought.
>Ten minutes later the mouse cursor froze again. Repeating the safe mode/System restore did not bring back mouse cursor control.
>I found an old serial mouse and plugged that in - it works!
>I've tried using different USB ports for the mice, with no effect.
>In case someone asks -I haven't got a ps/2 mouse to hand, so haven't tried that.
>All my other USB devices are working well.
>Any thoughts? I'm fresh out!
>
>Mike

I have a similar problem and in my case it seems to stem from the VIA
chipset drivers and their problems with USB. Every month or two,
usually i the middle of somethng really important, the mouse freezes -
everything else works fine - and the only cure is a cold reboot.

It is a PC I built for my wife to use and it drives her mad.

I suggest looking at the chipset drivers, especially if they are VIA.

nl

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Yikes! I didn't even consider that!
Did it not affect any other subsystem?
(My machine is behaving perfectly in all other respects)

Mike

"Stephen" <stephen2002{NOSPAM}@lurker.homeip.net> wrote in message news:uf6i61l97d7397fchojop8g4j19vplf2ek@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:46:34 GMT, "<\(@l@\)>Lightningslim"
> <lightningslimHAT@ntlworld.com> had a flock of green cheek conures
> squawk out:
>
>>Hi All!
>>I'm completely stuck on this problem so I thought I'd see if any of you guys could come up with anything...
>>On a xp system I built 3 months ago, while I was using my Microsoft wireless (USB) mouse the screen cursor jumped and went dead. I have always had a second mouse (USB) ready to operate should the batteries fail in the first mouse, but it also could not move the cursor. (Also clicks not registering.)
>>After rebooting the mouse cursor remained steadfastly at the centre of the screen.
>>After reinstalling the drivers - same thing.
>>I tried safe mode and Yay! the mouse cursor worked again!
>>I used the system restore to take it back by one day (although I had not installed anything new) rebooting into xp - the mice still worked - Job done, I thought.
>>Ten minutes later the mouse cursor froze again. Repeating the safe mode/System restore did not bring back mouse cursor control.
>>I found an old serial mouse and plugged that in - it works!
>>I've tried using different USB ports for the mice, with no effect.
>>In case someone asks -I haven't got a ps/2 mouse to hand, so haven't tried that.
>>All my other USB devices are working well.
>>Any thoughts? I'm fresh out!
>>
>>Mike
>
> I had that problem on a pc. The cause was problems with the 5v
> supply. Replacing the power supply cured it.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> --

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Thanks for the reply.
I've just found the answer!
(And I'll share it even at the risk of me looking silly!)
As I was using the machine a popup window just announced that the Microsoft mouse was on low batteries (not too surprising as it's many, many, months since they were replaced but as the mouse light was on and the mouse had never stopped working with low batts before, I hadn't considered this.)
So I replaced the batteries and hey presto! It worked!
But what about the other (Standby) mouse, nope, still not working - but now I am in detective mode and suddenly thought, "If this mouse had worked I'd have changed the batts in the main mouse straight away! So maybe this standby mouse has been faulty for a while?"
The batts were ok in this one (It's on permanent charge) but...
.... the base station had forgotten the mouse's frequency! A few button pushes later and it's fine too.

Doh!

Still, all's well that ends well ;o)

Thanks for the help.

Mike






"Stephen" <stephen2002{NOSPAM}@lurker.homeip.net> wrote in message news:lujl611a4f14u13u69nff1h3am3471dsb6@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:44:14 GMT, "<\(@l@\)>Lightningslim"
> <lightningslimHAT@ntlworld.com> had a flock of green cheek conures
> squawk out:
>
>>Yikes! I didn't even consider that!
>>Did it not affect any other subsystem?
>>(My machine is behaving perfectly in all other respects)
>>
>>Mike
>
> At the time nothing else appeared to be having problems.
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
>
>>
>>"Stephen" <stephen2002{NOSPAM}@lurker.homeip.net> wrote in message news:uf6i61l97d7397fchojop8g4j19vplf2ek@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:46:34 GMT, "<\(@l@\)>Lightningslim"
>>> <lightningslimHAT@ntlworld.com> had a flock of green cheek conures
>>> squawk out:
>>>
>>>>Hi All!
>>>>I'm completely stuck on this problem so I thought I'd see if any of you guys could come up with anything...
>>>>On a xp system I built 3 months ago, while I was using my Microsoft wireless (USB) mouse the screen cursor jumped and went dead. I have always had a second mouse (USB) ready to operate should the batteries fail in the first mouse, but it also could not move the cursor. (Also clicks not registering.)
>>>>After rebooting the mouse cursor remained steadfastly at the centre of the screen.
>>>>After reinstalling the drivers - same thing.
>>>>I tried safe mode and Yay! the mouse cursor worked again!
>>>>I used the system restore to take it back by one day (although I had not installed anything new) rebooting into xp - the mice still worked - Job done, I thought.
>>>>Ten minutes later the mouse cursor froze again. Repeating the safe mode/System restore did not bring back mouse cursor control.
>>>>I found an old serial mouse and plugged that in - it works!
>>>>I've tried using different USB ports for the mice, with no effect.
>>>>In case someone asks -I haven't got a ps/2 mouse to hand, so haven't tried that.
>>>>All my other USB devices are working well.
>>>>Any thoughts? I'm fresh out!
>>>>
>>>>Mike
>>>
>>> I had that problem on a pc. The cause was problems with the 5v
>>> supply. Replacing the power supply cured it.
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>
>
> --