I have an mx500 with no mouseware drivers installed. Sometimes when I jerk my mouse, it skips and the cursor halts its movement for a second. Any ideas about the cause?
Explain "jerk your mouse". I had the same thing on a different mouse when i moved it from side to side really fast and the mouse stops and then works after a second. I send it back and got a new one that was working.
<!--QuoteBegin-OttoDestruct+Aug 3 2004, 05:23 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Aug 3 2004, 05:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Try with / without a mousepad. Optical mice can be finicky about the surface their on. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yes. This happened to me before. I would be playing an FPS and my mouse would wack out. My mousepad is black/silver and the mouse freaked out when I moved it fast. Try it without the mousepad, or if you dont mind some mess, put down an piece of plain white computer paper and use that.
<!--QuoteBegin-C0BRA1450+Aug 3 2004, 07:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (C0BRA1450 @ Aug 3 2004, 07:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> There's no difference between PS2 and USB for me. Would a good mousepad fix it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Even a cheap one will do. Optical mice work by taking pictures of the surface and then checking to see what is different. As long as you have a mousepad with a varied pattern, it will work fine.
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<!--QuoteBegin-C0BRA1450+Aug 3 2004, 05:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (C0BRA1450 @ Aug 3 2004, 05:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I have an mx500 with no mouseware drivers installed. Sometimes when I jerk my mouse, it skips and the cursor halts its movement for a second. Any ideas about the cause?
Note: I have a old fabric mousepad. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> 1 word, mousepad!
I had the same prob when i got it, i was originally using it on a bare wood surface, just stick a mousepad under it and its good!
I used to have the same problem with my old mouse.... the problem is your tracking speed on your mouse and the surface your useing i am guessing. I do not know what the tracking speed is on the mx500 but i got a mouse with double the tracking power of my old mouse and had no more problems with my mouse jumping like that. if you dont want to get a new mouse get a new pad, one with highly vibrant and /or varying colors supposably and the mouse pads like
<a href='http://www.xtracpads.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.xtracpads.com/</a> (heard good things about these)
<a href='http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1639' target='_blank'>http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/pro...roducts_id=1639</a> (never saw a review on this one)
also the xtrac eels are suppose to making useing your mouse a bit easier in game
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Not mouseware, no.
PS : mx310
Jerk, as in:
I'm playing a game, I go through a door and look fast to the right corner, and then wip around and look at the left corner.
Yes. This happened to me before. I would be playing an FPS and my mouse would wack out. My mousepad is black/silver and the mouse freaked out when I moved it fast. Try it without the mousepad, or if you dont mind some mess, put down an piece of plain white computer paper and use that.
Even a cheap one will do. Optical mice work by taking pictures of the surface and then checking to see what is different. As long as you have a mousepad with a varied pattern, it will work fine.
Note: I have a old fabric mousepad. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
1 word, mousepad!
I had the same prob when i got it, i was originally using it on a bare wood surface, just stick a mousepad under it and its good!
<a href='http://www.xtracpads.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.xtracpads.com/</a> (heard good things about these)
<a href='http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1639' target='_blank'>http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/pro...roducts_id=1639</a> (never saw a review on this one)
also the xtrac eels are suppose to making useing your mouse a bit easier in game