USB Mouse and & Sound Issues: Possible Conflict??

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Misschiff

Just when I think I have this prolems solved...days or
weeks later it comes back again. :((

When I play a sound file off the computer it occasionally
skips. Off the CD, the Win player is also interrupted.
The mouse jumps around the screen occasionally when i go
to select a file in Explorer. The sound and the mouse
have problems regardless of each other -- meaning if I am
not playing anything, i still have the moouse conflict.

I thought it might have to do with the USB connection or
motherboard but still not sure (I have a USB mouse).

- There are no conflicts showing in device manager
- I reinstalled my sound drivers
- installed mouse drive and program

I am not certain but it might even have to do with
Windows Updates....because somehow once i get it working
again, it only lasts a few weeks. Possibly some
configuration settings get overwritten? I
dunnno ...grasping here...lol

Win XP , lots of RAM , HD space, drivers updated..what
else is there to check?
 
Misschiff said:
Just when I think I have this prolems solved...days or
weeks later it comes back again. :((

When I play a sound file off the computer it occasionally
skips. Off the CD, the Win player is also interrupted.
The mouse jumps around the screen occasionally when i go
to select a file in Explorer. The sound and the mouse
have problems regardless of each other -- meaning if I am
not playing anything, i still have the moouse conflict.

I thought it might have to do with the USB connection or
motherboard but still not sure (I have a USB mouse).

- There are no conflicts showing in device manager
- I reinstalled my sound drivers
- installed mouse drive and program

I am not certain but it might even have to do with
Windows Updates....because somehow once i get it working
again, it only lasts a few weeks. Possibly some
configuration settings get overwritten? I
dunnno ...grasping here...lol

Win XP , lots of RAM , HD space, drivers updated..what
else is there to check?
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In device manager, check that the HD has DMA enabled and is running at
the correct UDMA protocol. It is under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers,
Primary IDE channel and Secondary IDE channel.

Just for more information at hand, run system information from the
system tools folder, check for conflicts, etc. XP is very good so you
probably won't see anything that applies.

Elimate superfluous files with Disk Cleanup, and then Defragmentor.
Sometimes it helps to delete the contents of the Windows\Prefetch
folder.

Q
 
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In device manager, check that the HD has DMA enabled and is running at
the correct UDMA protocol. It is under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers,
Primary IDE channel and Secondary IDE channel.

Just for more information at hand, run system information from the
system tools folder, check for conflicts, etc. XP is very good so you
probably won't see anything that applies.

Elimate superfluous files with Disk Cleanup, and then Defragmentor.
Sometimes it helps to delete the contents of the Windows\Prefetch
folder.

Q
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Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately none of your recommendations have helped :(
and no connflicts appeared. I have since tried a few more
things such as moving the sound card to other PCI slots
(although my understanding is that it will get handled by
WinXP anyway). So then I tried a different sound
card...still no change...same problems).However, when I
remove the card completely...voila! no mouse problems!
Mmmmmm.... I cant live without the sound card.... so what
to do....? Any more ideas?

oh and just a bit more info:

I have an MS 104 keyboard and mouse both attached to a
KVM switch (and NO, its not convenient to unhook and plug
in direct to PC). I have had this configuration for a
couple of years at least. At some point i DID have it all
working together without a problem and except for an
audio software re-install and windows and virus scan
updates, nothing has changed. A7V333 w/RAID motherboard
(auio onboard is disabled).
 
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