MS intellimouse

[anskygamer]

i have an intellimouse w/ intellieye. occaisonally the mouse cursor goes completely crazy, flying all around the screen. it lasts for a few seconds. never happens during gaming, pretty much just on desktop. any ideas? TIA

[JetBlack69]

What are you running the mouse on? If it is a shinny desk or some other reflective surface, then the mouse could get screwy. Try putting the mouse on a mouse pad or some other object. You could also install new drivers for the mouse at the microsoft site. Hope this helps.

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[Omletteboy]

Are you using USB or the PS/2 adapter?

[Guardian]

Did you uninstall every other possible mouse driver file before installing this mouse and it's driver? That seems to cause a lot of troubles with this mouse.

[anskygamer]

im using USB, and yes, there are no other mouse drivers here 'cos this is the 1st mouse ive used on this system. i am using it directly on a desktop but its not that shiny

[AndyM]

My Intellimouse behaves that way on a fake oak laminate desktop, and sometimes other solid color low contrast surfaces. I'd bet money on the simple solution. Find a mousepad with contrast that the eye can see "landmarks" on. If no more problem...peachy, saved yourself a lot of headache.

AndyM

[Omletteboy]

My intellimouse with intellieye does that once in a while where it would jump to another spot for no apparent reason. I agree with AndyM by buying something that's not as smooth as laminated surface and it should resolve the problem http://www.pcmech.com/ubb/smile.gif

[theENiGMA]

I have an intelliEye mouse as well. I've never had this particular problem. I use the same mousepad I did when I had my logitech wheelmouse. I agree that a mousepad would prolly fix your problem. Plus it's better for the desk. If those silicon glides ever wear away or fall off you could scratch the desk surface.
-KEiTH

[Byte 2.0]

Ihave to say that i use the same mouse. It is the best mouse that I have ever had. I use mine on a fabric mouse pad. just playing a round I put it on a mirror and it did go kind of crazy, so the surface has alot to do with this mouse and every other mouse on the market....

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