Problems with Cordless Mice

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I have 2 cordless mice, 1 is the Logitech Cordless wheel Mouse (with
a Ball) and the other is the Cordless Optical Wheel mouse. Both of
them seem to have problems moving from time to time on the surface of
the desk. I have tried a mouse pad but it doesnt seem much of an
improvement. Would it be the surface of the desk that could be
causing it (too shiny/smooth or something)?? And or would a newer
cordless mouse like the MX700 which is supposed to have better optics
be any better?? Thanks

Trevor
 
I have 2 cordless mice, 1 is the Logitech Cordless wheel Mouse (with
a Ball) and the other is the Cordless Optical Wheel mouse. Both of
them seem to have problems moving from time to time on the surface of
the desk. I have tried a mouse pad but it doesnt seem much of an
improvement. Would it be the surface of the desk that could be
causing it (too shiny/smooth or something)?? And or would a newer
cordless mouse like the MX700 which is supposed to have better optics
be any better?? Thanks

Trevor
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A shiney smooth surface is going to be bad for both balled and optical
mice. A mouse pad on the other hand should be better for either.

Being cordless you may find that relocating the receiver helps,
especially away from metal, including the desk if it's metal. That
doesn't necessarily mean removing it from a metal desk, but elevating
off the surface a few inches.

I suspect the better optics of an MX700 won't make a difference,
unless it's cordless receiver is designed differently too.

You might also want to consider the interface, if you had USB problems
with the motherboard and the mouse receiver base uses USB, or if you
had a problem causing the whole system to stutter but it's being seen
in the mouse interface (like a failing hard drive or bad cables).


Dave
 
Trevor said:
I have 2 cordless mice, 1 is the Logitech Cordless wheel Mouse (with
a Ball) and the other is the Cordless Optical Wheel mouse. Both of
them seem to have problems moving from time to time on the surface of
the desk. I have tried a mouse pad but it doesnt seem much of an
improvement. Would it be the surface of the desk that could be
causing it (too shiny/smooth or something)?? And or would a newer
cordless mouse like the MX700 which is supposed to have better optics
be any better?? Thanks

Trevor
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Might seem like a silly question... have you tried replacing the batteries?
 
S.Boardman said:
Might seem like a silly question... have you tried replacing the
batteries?
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I wouldn't be without my MX700 - and yes, the charging is very different.
It has lasted up to 5 days on a single charge and, in conjunction with a
RatpadzGS, is the most accurate gaming rodent I've ever owned. £17 may seem
a lot for a mousemat, but this isn't any old mousemat. It's designed for
optical, rather than ball, mice. Do yourself a favour, buy an MX700 and a
RatpadzGS - you won't regret it.
 
Trevor said:
I have 2 cordless mice, 1 is the Logitech Cordless wheel Mouse (with
a Ball) and the other is the Cordless Optical Wheel mouse. Both of
them seem to have problems moving from time to time on the surface of
the desk. I have tried a mouse pad but it doesnt seem much of an
improvement. Would it be the surface of the desk that could be
causing it (too shiny/smooth or something)?? And or would a newer
cordless mouse like the MX700 which is supposed to have better optics
be any better?? Thanks

Trevor
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And what ARE the "problems" that you encounter? Your description is
like take your car into the shop and saying it don't work. With that
vague a description and nothing more then your car isn't going to get
fixed, or so many repairs will be tried that you might as well as buy a
new car.

Do not have the receiver closer than 4 inches to the cordless mouse.
Don't know why but being too close can cause problems, just as being too
far away. Don't have the receiver around the corner of a monitor or
case as the metal and shielding inside can block or attenuate the
signal. You don't need line of sight (these use RF instead of IR) but
don't put anything in between the mouse and receiver that can block the
signal.

To sync the mouse, first press the reset button on the receiver. Then
press the reset button on the mouse. Also, I don't know why, but trying
to reset the mouse first and then the receiver sometimes results in
jerky or delayed movement.

Go into the properties for the mouse device in Device Manager and try
upping the sampling rate.

Check the batteries. Regardless of what Logitech, IBM, Intel, and
others claim about longevity, alkaline batteries only last about 17 to
22 days and rechargeable NiMH batteries last about 12 to 18 days (for
me). The easiest way to get informed that the battery level is low is
to hide the tray icon for the cordless mouse. When battery level gets
low, the software should popup a warning. However, it will also make
the tray icon reappear, even after a reboot and regardless of some other
application having an always-on-top window that blocks the popup
warning.

Shiny surface is bad. So is a dark surface, but try finding a light
colored mouse pad. Most are blue, dark blue, red, black, or grey. I
ended up getting a medium grey mouse pad with gel wrist support.

Make sure lint or other crud isn't pushed into the light port
underneath.

You might have to reinstall the Logitech driver. Uninstall any Logitech
mouse software. Reboot. Regardless of redetection on the reboot,
uninstall the mouse device, if any left, and reboot again. You should
now get the PS/2 mouse driver installed at its default settings. Make
sure acceleration is turned off and rate is set to the middle of the
slider. You want all PS/2 driver settings at their defaults (medium
rate, no accel, right-side mouse, etc.). Now reinstall the Logitech
software.
 
Trevor said:
I have 2 cordless mice, 1 is the Logitech Cordless wheel Mouse (with
a Ball) and the other is the Cordless Optical Wheel mouse. Both of
them seem to have problems moving from time to time on the surface of
the desk. I have tried a mouse pad but it doesnt seem much of an
improvement. Would it be the surface of the desk that could be
causing it (too shiny/smooth or something)?? And or would a newer
cordless mouse like the MX700 which is supposed to have better optics
be any better?? Thanks
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I've been using the MX700 for a few months now. No problems. I just
unplugged the old MS mouse, and plugged in the MX700. Didn't even
bother to install the disc. I use a mouse pad as the mouse is too easy
to move on the bare table.

Cord free in 2003!
 
Excellent, but has anyone out there gotten a cordless mouse or keyboard to
work with a KVM?
 
Excellent, but has anyone out there gotten a cordless mouse or keyboard to
work with a KVM?
 
Mike Mastro said:
Excellent, but has anyone out there gotten a cordless mouse or keyboard to
work with a KVM?
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Do you mean a switch box, to share mice and so on?
If so, I had microsoft cordless ball mouse on a Win98SE shared with Windows
2000 Server machine (via Belkin Omniview box). It worked but, it was always
too fast on one and too slow on the other. Despite a lot of fiddling, I
couldn't get it right. In the end I used two seperate mice. It could have a
Windows thing rather than the actual mouse's fault.
 
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