Re: mouse goes sticky

Greetings --

Flip the mouse over, remove the housing that holds the ball, clean
both the ball and the rollers now exposed on the interior of the
mouse. Reassemble.

Bruce Chambers

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"coffee man" <cfman@anydomain.com> wrote in message
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> Have a sticky mouse...every couple of minutes it will just stick in
> one spot and after moving the mouse erratically on my desk it will
> come unstuck again...it will be ok for a while then it will get

stuck

> again...this is driving me nuts...i have tried other mouses with the
> same result.......my system is an AMD XP 2600 with 512MB ram and a
> large almost empty hard disk...the os is XP home SP1...the mouse is

a

> generic PS2 twin button wheelie mouse.......
> be gratefull for any tips or info
>

On reading my post, I realized there was something missing. The original
optical mouse plug was for an analog socket. I had to use an USP plug
adapter that came with the package for the USP socket. Secondly, at about
the same time, I was checking out an infra-red adapter for my camera. Now,
trying to recall exactly what happened, I am not too sure which device I
connected up wrongly to the computer that produced the abnormal mouse
behaviour. Whichever it was, it was corrected by a fresh, clean install of
Window XP. The reasoning is still valid: the driver and/or the OS was
corrupted. The fact that you had tried other mice and had the same result
demands an explanation other than sticky movements of your own ball mouse.

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"Bee" <in.my.bonnet@Shangri-La.com> wrote in message
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> When I first had my new optical mouse to replace the old, still usable,

ball

> mouse that came with my computer, some six months ago, I inadvertently
> plugged it in the wrong socket at the back of the computer case, and went

on

> to install the mouse driver ( can't remember the exact sequence of

events).

> Then, the mouse pointer movements all went wrong. It behaved exactly as

you

> described with your mouse. It had a mind of its own. Of course, the

first

> thing that came to mind was that I was given a dud mouse. When I realized
> the mistake (I picked out the user's manual and started reading only then,
> you see <g>), I had to do a clean install of the OS and plugged the mouse,
> this time correctly, in the USP socket. The mouse and the computer lived
> happily ever after.
>
> I strongly suspect, coffee man, that your mouse driver has corrupted

itself

> and/or corrupted the OS for some reason.
>
> By the way, please do not cross post. It is very much *against the rule*

in

> addressing newsgroups; an action like this, ignorant, inconsiderate,

stupid

> or otherwise, easily makes participants hot under the collar. You won't
> like to destroy this very busy group where everyone taking part is
> contributing out of their free time, without pay, simply wanting to share
> their experience, and the fun along the way, would you?
>
> --
> Bee
> [I have found my Shangri-La, at the moment, in ntlworld.]
>
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> "coffee man" <cfman@anydomain.com> wrote in message
> news:3f0294a3.3128218@news-server...

> > Have a sticky mouse...every couple of minutes it will just stick in
> > one spot and after moving the mouse erratically on my desk it will
> > come unstuck again...it will be ok for a while then it will get stuck
> > again.....<snip>

>
>

Yesterday was not my day! USP should really be USB. The socket first
attempted was a SP2 port which was of course digital, not analogue. Old
habit dies hard. Still haven't got my head round computers from hobby
analogue electronics, I guess. )

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"Bee" <in.my.bonnet@Shangri-La.com> wrote in message
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> On reading my post, I realized there was something missing. The original
> optical mouse plug was for an analog socket. I had to use an USP plug
> adapter that came with the package for the USP socket.