Problem

Ok guys, I've got a mouse problem I haven't been able to figure out yet. I have a Intellimouse Explorer 4.0 USB mouse. It will mot select properly. It's just this mouse and I don't believe it's bad. Sometimes it's the greatest mouse I've had in my hand. Other times it won't pick sh-t.....

I have 2 older optical mice that work flawlessly..... The Intellimouse USB which is older, and the old Intellimouse w/InelliEye 1.0 both work without a problem.... The Intellimouse Explorer 4.0 USB mouse will not work consistently..

Any ideas?????

When you say "older", you mean what, exactly. . . ?

Stop drinking for a while and see if everything becomes clearer. If so, resume drinking, just stop complaining when things start going fuzzy.

I mean by older, 2 of them are old.

The Intellimouse USB is the oldest one I have. I don't know when I bougth it, but it was years ago. It still works fine, but no side buttons on it.

The Intellimouse w/InelliEye 1.0 is old as well. I bought that years ago because it had the side buttons for gaming. I've been using this one for at least 4 or 5 years. I'm running this one because I can't get the new one to work.

The Intellimouse Explorer 4.0 USB is the newest one and the one that doesn't work right. I've had it 3 years probably but have only ran it a few times. I hook it ujp and then get frustrated with the select not selecting so I go back to the old one with buttons on the side.

It just seems strange to me. I've never had a Intelli mouse go bad, even as old as my oldest one is. I've searched all over the place and can't find a fix for it. Sometimes when I plug it in and it works fine for awhile. Then it slowly gets harder to select the longer I run it

@ lvdax. I know the screws that hold the mouse together are under the 4 Teflon pads on the bottom. Are those pads glued in? Or do they come out and go back in? I'd take it apart if I knew that. I don't want to bestroy the thing trying to get a look inside of it. Any advice here would be helpful.

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There are the mice. It's like looking at the history of MS Intellieye mice, really.

yeah i have had two intellimice go bad on me as well bro, one just u[p and quit and the other the damned mousewheel went out before it started having problems registering motions.

i ended up getting a logitech g5, no problems since...

+1 to the G5, cheap and reliable. Hot switching of the dpi was alien to me at first but now i dont think i could game without it. Most definitly a preference option though, the main features would be its comfort (takes a bit of wearing in), and incredible accuracy.

Get a cat.

I'm still very happy with my MX510, the thing just refuses to die.

Damn right.

The G5 is awesome, its the only mouse i use, especially if i am photoshopping or gaming. :-)

+1 G5...i went from a wireless lx5 to the g5... the lx5 still works and works well... but the kids have it now...

if you have a fry's nearby... you can get a refurb for 30 bucks.

Well, Santa came early this year. I'm getting a whole new rig shipped in to build, but I haven't bought the G5 yet. LOL I'll have to go see if I can find the G5 before I get the new rig cranking.

I made a pretty pattern with mine.
I think ill try and do a smiley face configuration tonight and see if that up my fragging.

yeah no weights in mine either, i like a nice light mouse...

[/inadvertently started a g5 thread, lulz]

Well, we figured you'd just share.....

I went with the AMD 9600 Black. Putting it on the MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum. 4 gigs 2x2 gigs Corsair XMS 1066 RAM. Got to have a good vid card and I went a little pricey this time BFG Tech BFGEGTX260MC896OCE GeForce GTX 260 896MB. I've never had a vid card with above 512 RAM on it.

I also bought a new case the Antec Nine Hundred mid tower. My old case is 6 years old, has had a dozen systems in it, but I was tired of the USB on it. It didn't have the one connector, so I had to always sit there with the manual to get the USB going on the case. No more!

I've already have the 150 gig Raptor to go in it along with the Antec Neo Power 550

So that's what I'm putting under the G-5 mouse.

Being Xmas, I'm not sure how long it will take to get here. Shipping must be slow. Newegg says it's shipped, but I havent received any tracking numbers yet.

Not bad for an old timer, bar the evil nvidia infection of course.

I take it you're installing the 64 bit version of your OS. That or you aren't going to see a lot of that ram. The OS will allocate at least 896 of the available address space just for the card, more for other stuff too.

Buy?

Thank you for your kind words. It's nice that you are so full of seasonal cheer.

No, I'm not going to run Vista. I'm loading my good ole XP Pro on it. I've got XP Pro 64 bit as well. Not sure which one I'll load.

As for the 4 gigs of RAM. I built one I sold with XP Home, 6000 dual core and 4 gigs of RAM last week. It showed 3. 46 gigs. However it ate programs alive. It beat my 2500 Oced to 3 gigs with 2 gigs of RAM and a Raptor to boot..... That's when I decided it was time to build again.

Who wants a puny laptop?

I've tried them but they just don't have the power when it comes down to it.

Just the one blade running across SS's throat would be nice.

SS, it's not personal. I'd like to see all cross-dressing, intestine-eating, blue-faced savages bleed.