Windows 7 Mouse disconnecting and reconnecting. Finding solutions! [Solved]

[Alf]

Recently bought and installed Win 7 64 bit since since the RC is going to be shut down soon. It works just fine with the exception that my mouse (Logitech G5) has a tendency of disconnecting and reconnecting quite randomly. As you can imagine, trying to play fast paced games is almost impossible.

Ive already tried a few thing, going into device manager to set it so it doesn't turn off - uninstalling Setpoint software. So far to no avail. Now im going to update my chip-set driver to W7 64 compatible ones, perhaps the first thing i should have done. Lets see if that clears things up.

Anyone else run into anything like this?

 

[Quadophile]

Get the latest software from Logitech and install it for the 64 bit version, that should solve your problem hopefully. I had the problem in an office machine and after the installation of the software it became stable. The OS was however Vista on a 64 bit machine.

 

[Alf]

I should have mentioned that i have tried that already. Unfortunately it seems as though they have ceased supporting this mouse as the download link for any drivers for the G5 leads to a dead page. Installation of 64 bit Set point didnt help either.

I have ordered a new mouse, but i was hoping to find a fix for this in case some one else runs into the same problem.

Should also mention, that while typing this... my mouse has disconnected 3 times

 

[Quadophile]

Oh boy, sometimes these upgrades are very costly and go beyond the original budget allocated for the upgrade. Sorry to hear that Alf but yes I too have suffered in upgrades. I had bought the best Logitech mouse at one time and paid $150 for the bundle (keyboard and mouse) now it is just lying there useless.

 

[Alf]

What happened there?

 

[Quadophile]

The connectors are not usb so the newer machines do not support it and now I only use the laptop which only has usb connections.

 

[Alf]

Nope, updating the chipset didnt work. :\

 

[Alf]

Suppose my mouse is calling it quits after 2-3 years. Hopefully it is the mouse..

 

[Alf]

Ah! breakthrough! It is indeed the mouse, the connections from the wire to the mouse are going bad. Slight pressure on the wire causes the mouse to disconnect.

 

[Quadophile]

So it means that it was not the computer or drivers but the wires?

 

[Quadophile]

Solution found, problem solved!

 

[Alf]

So it seems with me.