Re: Wireless optical mouse scrolling problems

pshnfry wrote:
> "Vanguard (NPI)" wrote:
>
>> "pshnfry" <pshnfry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3890A039-945D-4A38-A35B-3D17595BFC72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Mouse scrolling doesn't work in office programs, internet, e-mails,
>>> etc. If
>>> the wheel is spun through many clicks it might scroll a line or so.
>>> Mouse is Basic wireless optical. Operating system is XP. Problem
>>> has persisted accross multiple hardware and software removal and
>>> re-installs including two complete XP re-installs and
>>> motherboard/cpu upgrade. All (known) drivers are in place and upto
>>> date. Mouse software is Intellipoint
>>> 5.2 (Version 4.0 tried without success). Norton WinDoctor run over
>>> registry.
>>> Manual edit of relevant key in registry tried. All settings in
>>> mouse software tried. Reposition of wireless reciever tried.
>>> Batteries all good.
>>> Hardware is less than a month old. If my old optical corded
>>> Intellimouse is
>>> plugged into the PS2 port the scrolling is beautifull (but that
>>> mouse is now
>>> the "Homework PC mouse").
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any ideas on possible causes?
>>
>>
>> In Device Manager for the mouse device, up the sampling rate. Also
>> up the buffer size. If those don't work, get a different cordless
>> mouse. Some are very crappy.
>>
>> When my Logitech cordless got damaged, I decided to try some other
>> cordless mice. IBM's (which is made by someone else, don't
>> remember) would go into sleep mode far too quickly and its polling
>> rate while sleeping was too slow, so I would be moving the mouse a
>> lot before it finally got shook enough to wake up. Microsoft's
>> cordless took a bit longer to go to sleep (to consume battery power)
>> but was also slow to wake up. By slow, I'm talking about one to one
>> and a half seconds. Both the IBM and Microsoft were jerky in games
>> despite upping the sampling rate and/or buffer size. I ended up
>> returning each after trialing them and went back to the Logitech
>> (which is heavier because of using AA batteries instead of AAA so it
>> was more fatiguing to my pinky having to squeeze the mouse to
>> constantly lift and move it, and why I decided to hunt around for a
>> lighter but just-as-good cordless mouse). So I tried leaving
>> Logitech but came back. Eventually I decided to go with a corded
>> mouse. As long as the cord doesn't bang against anything (to create
>> torque on the mouse) and the cord is free to move then I find it
>> easier to handle then the heavier cordless mice with their battery
>> weight and having to deal with erratic behavior when the batteries
>> get low.
>>
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> All settings available and visible have been tried. There are no
> settings for sampling or buffer size. Intellipoint software checked,
> Device manager mouse properties checked, usb properties checked for
> settings and errors. No change.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
> I'll sign off and try the keyboard and mouse set on the pc built out
> of leftovers from the upgrade. It has different hardware config,
> different software installed and a different op sys (2000). If the
> problem is still there I'll post back re returning the cordless set
> assuming the actual device is faulty.

Have a look at the radio transmitter placement. If it is too close to a
CRT, power supply, AC adapter, or anything else with a transformer then
simple interference is likely the culprit. Most of these transmitters
need direct line of sight to the keyboard and mouse, and must not be
outside of a small radius of the mouse, say one foot or so.


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