So I just built a new pc, formatted and all, and everything was great - till a few weeks in I started having this problem with my mouse (and sometimes keyboard). After an indefinite amount of time, my mouse will just FREEZE. Completely unresponsive. Won't move an inch, clicks/scrolls rendered useless. Sometimes it's my keyboard too.
Either
a) mouse will freeze and the keyboard too. backlight (microsoft sidewinder x4) on keyboard will blink really fast
b) mouse will freeze but keyboard still works fine
or c) keyboard will still work but the mouse will lag/unsmooth (will freeze for half a second in a spot)
the only unfailing remedy at the moment is to push power button once which puts pc to sleep, then push any key and it'll wake up
What I've tried: Switching usb ports at freeze, reinstalling mouse drivers, virus/malware/spyware scan, closing unneeded programs
SOMETIMES I can switch to another usb, then it happens again, so I switch again, and on and on (I have 12 usb ports) but then either I run out of ports to switch to or they just dont work.
It is a dell optical mouse, red light on the bottom which stays on, so it is getting power. mouse works on another pc
So:
I dont think it's a problem with mobo*, since case usb doesn't work either.
After mouse freezes, I can plug in a logitech controller which will be recognized so I think the port is fine.
What I'm wondering is, how exactly do you go about diagnosing/fixing a pnp problem, and
If I wanted to reinstall the usb drivers from device manager, how would I reinstall them?
The only other hint I can give is, this may have possibly started after an windows update, which btw is all up to date.
*I haven't tried system restore as I have no restore points atm.
*Motherboard : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128506
Windows 7 x64
Not sure if I posted this in the right section or not but...
Any tips/solutions, even if they may obvious and non-helpful, will be happily accepted.
Thanks.
Either
a) mouse will freeze and the keyboard too. backlight (microsoft sidewinder x4) on keyboard will blink really fast
b) mouse will freeze but keyboard still works fine
or c) keyboard will still work but the mouse will lag/unsmooth (will freeze for half a second in a spot)
the only unfailing remedy at the moment is to push power button once which puts pc to sleep, then push any key and it'll wake up
What I've tried: Switching usb ports at freeze, reinstalling mouse drivers, virus/malware/spyware scan, closing unneeded programs
SOMETIMES I can switch to another usb, then it happens again, so I switch again, and on and on (I have 12 usb ports) but then either I run out of ports to switch to or they just dont work.
It is a dell optical mouse, red light on the bottom which stays on, so it is getting power. mouse works on another pc
So:
I dont think it's a problem with mobo*, since case usb doesn't work either.
After mouse freezes, I can plug in a logitech controller which will be recognized so I think the port is fine.
What I'm wondering is, how exactly do you go about diagnosing/fixing a pnp problem, and
If I wanted to reinstall the usb drivers from device manager, how would I reinstall them?
The only other hint I can give is, this may have possibly started after an windows update, which btw is all up to date.
*I haven't tried system restore as I have no restore points atm.
*Motherboard : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128506
Windows 7 x64
Not sure if I posted this in the right section or not but...
Any tips/solutions, even if they may obvious and non-helpful, will be happily accepted.
Thanks.