Re: Wireless optical desktop elite - freezes. Please help.

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From: Rex Imperator (reximperator_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:06:57 -0000

In article <103k28t1ld743ca@corp.supernews.com>,
orthocrossAT@cablespeed.DOTcom says...
> Rex Imperator wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > About 2 weeks ago I bought the Microsoft Optical Desktop Elite mouse
> > and keyboard. Installed OK, looks great, worked very well.
> >
> > Suddenly, yesterday, both the mouse and keyboard took to freezing up
> > every minute or so, and operating again after about ten seconds. If I
> > had moved the mouse while it was frozen, after it unfreezes, the
> > pointer assumes the position it would have done had it been working
> > normally throughout.
> >
> > How can I correct this please?
> >
> > Rex.
>
> If the base station is connected to USB ports, try connecting it to your
> PS/2 ports instead.
>
>
Hi, and thank you for your response.

The wireless mouse is connected by means of PS2 connectors to a KVM
switch.
Today, the mouse acted up again, by hesitating before moving properly,
and sometimes halting while being moved.
Changing the frequency had no beneficial effect. I am not absolutely
certain, but I think the Keyboard also misoperates at the same time that
the mouse does.
I am now working with the PS2 connectors removed from the KVM switch,
and directly plugged into the motherboard ports.
It is working correctly - so far. But this fault only exhibits itself
randomly and intermittently, so I cannot yet say whether the fault is a
function of the KVM switch. I hope not, because the Belkin KVM switch
cost a lot of money.

I would really appreciate if some knowledgeable reader would advise a
specific cause and cure for this problem.

Rex.

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