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January 28th, 2005 21:00

Erratic Mouse is multiplying and Fast

Reported here before about my erratic mouse going off on it's own without me directing it...I did contact Dell technical service, they replaced the original mouse, and shipped them the old one..
 
Assumed this would be the end of it, but no...the second Dell optical mouse is doing much the same as the first one...so, there's really no resolution to this..
 
Now, maybe some of the more experienced folks on this message board can answer this....It appears, the Dell technical team either through e-mail, or voice (telephone), have a standard routine..they all follow a certain procedure, and it doesn't matter what the circumstances are..what I mean, is I've told them about the mouse, but they send to me, via e-mail the same responses to my complaint, and in the end, they send to me another mouse, which I have to ship back, or else be charged...anyway, does this mean,  I'll be going around in circles with this mouse if the second one doesn't work, and the third...will this go on adinfinitum...??? ten years from now, will I still be getting new mouses...?? With no one ever paying any attention at all??
  • jmk1986

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    Posted January 29th, 2005 02:00

    What mouse pad (if any) are you using. I had the same problem with my optical mouse, come to find out the problem was actually with the Dell mousepad. Try either getting another mouse pad (one without a shiny reflective, or slick surface) OR, just using a piece of paper. If that solves it, its the mouse pad you are using. If not, post again.
  • techking

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    Posted January 30th, 2005 16:00

    Yeah, this is a known issue. The mousepad causes this problem almost with 100% certainty if replacing the mouse didn't solve your problem. The mousepad with the nice dell logo on it causes the reflection of the different colors in the logo to reflect 'differently' for each color, causing an erratic mouse. Get rid of the pad and all should be well. If not, then i'm stumped.
  • abadaba13

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    Posted January 31st, 2005 02:00

    Will give the mouse pad a try...otherwise, I've given up on it..
  • Marty16

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    Posted February 3rd, 2005 17:00

    I've had the same problem. It's been driving me mad.
    I've stopped using the pad and so far so good.
  • abadaba13

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    Posted February 3rd, 2005 19:00

    using an older form of mouse pad, which is ok, but the mouse drags and is slow. Otherwise, it's ok.
     
    Dell sent me another new mouse, and this is it. No more mouse from them.
  • argh_01

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    Posted February 27th, 2005 03:00

    i have this problem too.

    it doesn't seem to matter what surface the mouse is on.  sometimes the mouse works perfectly, but quite often it leaps down into the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.  once or twice, its movements have become completely jerky, making my computer almost unusable -- thankfully only for a little while.

    unfortunately the problem seems to be getting worse -- i'd hoped it was just an occasional glitch.  i hate dell, but of course i couldn't afford this spec if i'd bought a decent brand.

    the video card also freezes up from time to time (it's a known issue on the little dimension boxes i gather) resulting in a pretty, patterned screen -- which makes DVD-watching a bit of a pain sometimes.
     
     
  • abadaba13

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    Posted February 27th, 2005 11:00

    I switched mouse pads, and that seems to do the trick. 
  • MikeRVC

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    Posted March 16th, 2005 16:00

    I had the same problem, and 20 minuts ago, I changed the dell mouse pad to a fabric one. So far, no problems.