Mouse Freezing

[Pingin]

The mouse in my work P.C froze several times today?I had to reset each time.Any idea of possible causes and solutions.
Thanks for all the previous help.

[Jiggy]

hi Pingin, a few things.
if its a roller ball mouse, take the ball out and clean the three little wheels inside with a cotton bud.(and no, not the bottle beer with a wod of cotton wool around the top.)
if you can find a mouse around the work place you could replace yours with and try that and if it works keep hold of it.

forgive me, im young. Jiggy

[iisbob]

Another cause is a fading or overstressed power supply, especially if the mouse freezing coincides with unexplained reboots and random lockups on all function's.

That is a worse case scenario though, so don't panic.

Make sure you have and do run an antivirus program; also boot into safe mode and remove the mouse drivers from the device manager, then reboot and let windows reinstall it.

Post back with a little more info on exactly when this problem began, what other ( if any ) applications are affected, and if you have added/removed any hardware/software lately.

These will give the people here a better idea of what direction to take to help trouble shoot your problem. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif




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iisbob

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.-Mark Twain

[Pingin]

Thanks Jiggy &Iisbob for the advice.
Iisbob how do I boot into safe mode.?

[JonathanB]

Is your OS win 98? Shutdown and press CONTROL during startup.

[Balrog]

OMG, that is the exact same problem I have. Could you guys help me out too?

Since February my computer has been behaving bizzarly. It locks up when I perfom certain functions with the same symptom the original poster mentioned. The mouse freezes, not only that the keyboard stops responding and a high pitched continous sound comes out of the speakers. The computer also reboots itself for no apparent reason from time to time.

Anyone to make things clear


Complete stall
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- Mouse cursor freezes
- Keyboard stops responding
- Power button stops responding (the only way to reboot is at the wall)
- Fan changes noise slightly
- High pitched noise emmiting from speakers


What functions make it stall
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- Filling a selection box in v6.0 of photoshop
- Saving anything in 3D Studio Max 2.5 or 3.0
- Loading some maps in CounterStrike
- During gameplay occasionally in CounterStrike
- Launching Unreal Tournament
- Launching Operation Flashpoint
- Checking hotmail (used to but now resolved)
- Using Flash MX

PC Specs
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PIII Slot 1 550
128 SD 100 Ram
Asus 5pci/1agp mobo
5500rpm 4.0gb HDD (primary)
7200rpm 19.0gb HDD (secondary)
300w power
Geforce 64mb 400mx
Creative 1024 Live!
Creative 8x DVD-ROM
HP 4x/2x/10x CD-rewriter
Floppy disk drive
Ethernet 10/100 mbs

Additional perehpherals

HP 3300 Scanner
Logictech Cordless keyboard
Microsof Wheelmouse

(n.b) My 17" sony draws its power from the pc.


What I have tried
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Re-installing Windows
Taking out the components listed in the next bit (what i know its not)
Using minimum set of drivers on startup
Changing ram slots (not the actual ram though)
Checking every component is properly installed.
Taking out components then running it.

What I know its not
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HDD's either of them
Video Card
Sound Card
Network Card


Now from what I read above im guessing it might be that my comp is trying to run too many things.

Q - Should I try running the monitor off the wall and not the PC?
Q - Should I buy some more Ram to see if it helps?
Q - Should I take out my CDR rewriter?


Thankyou for your time, patience and help.


Benjamin Kelly
kellydesign@hotmail.com

[This message has been edited by Balrog (edited 05-25-2002).]

[iisbob]

based on the symptoms you gave, Balrog it is your power supply that's being overstressed. Sounds like it's about to go " blooey! " http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif

I would suggest you start running the monitor from it's own outlet for awhile to see if that helps. If not, then look into getting a new, main brand Power supply like an Antec in the 400w range.

Pingin, to enter safe mode-you can press F8 for any of the Window's versions, this'll bring you to a boot menu ( F5 also works to go straight into safe mode ), then choose option no# 3 for safe mode. if you have problems getting to this menu, then once you are in windows' go to your start menu, go to " run " and enter the following command; msconfig once you have the system configuration utility up go to the advanced button on the first page and you'll see a check box next to " use start up menu ", check it-then click OK outta that box, then choose Restart from your start menu, this will reboot you straight to the start menu.




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iisbob

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.-Mark Twain

[manjunath]

Hello,
Pressing on the function key 'F8' just after the memory check, would give a menu in which one of the choice is "boot in the safe mode."

That is what I did yesterday when one of my colleauge had a problem, but I am not able to recollect which version of windows was on that PC. I could confirm it tomorrow.

[iisbob]

Ummm, if you read my previous post i said, ...to enter safe mode-you can press F8 for any of the Window's versions, this'll bring you to a boot menu...

i don't think i could have been any clearer.

http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

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iisbob

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.-Mark Twain

[manjunath]

oops. overlooked iisbob's advice. not able to edit or remove my posting.
sorry!

[Balrog]

OK,

I will attempt to use the monitors own power supply and i will then report back.

Thanks

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Benjamin Kelly
kellydesign@hotmail.com

[Balrog]

Right, I tried that and the exact same things happened, im guessing either

- The monitor draws no power from the computer power but just parallels the computer powerlead in.
- Its not the power that is causing the problem.

Thanks anyway.

Can anyone help me solve this?

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Benjamin Kelly
kellydesign@hotmail.com

[Dazman]

Things to look at.....if you haven't tried:-

Different Ram /plus at least have 256mb installed. (Some cheaper ram may cause similar problems.

At least 350-400w powersupply, you have a fair few components installed that drain your power-supply.

Possibly look at your internal heat situation. check temps in the Bios, and think about better cooling. As when you pc gets to hot it will freeze, and maybe re-boot to cool down.

Good luck lets us know how it goes!