i have a strange mouse glitch where it cuts out then start working again.
windows keeps beeping at me as it seems to loose the device.

is this some kind of virus/hack? ive never had a problem with this mouse before.

Sounds like a hardware issue, not a software issue.

Is it wirelsee, PS/2 or USB mouse? Brand and model if possible. Batteries flat? Bad connection, break in the cable?

Try another USB socket in the back, try the one's on the front instead of the back as well.

Try another USB device in the same socket as the mouse is in to test it.

Can you lend a mouse from somewhere else to try that out?

Can you try your mouse in another computer?

Sounds like the mouse might be dying or the cable is damaged, depends what sort of mouse it is though. Maybe it's just not pushed in properly at the connection, reboot if it's a PS/2 mouse and you are reconnecting it.

I'm experiencing a mouse glitch on my own (I hope you don't mind me posting about it here).

The mouse moves up and to the left faster than down and right - but if I turn up the mouse speed, but "effect" gradually dissappears, but I hate high sensitivity. If the mouse speed is set to the lowest, it will barely move down and to the right (as it should), but moves up and to the left as with default settings.

This is on my newly installed XP x64 and before I installed mouse driver/software. It's the same after installing them, however I've neutralized the effect by adjust the speed in both windows mouse CP and driver soft. It's OK for now, but DPI is lacking a bit - good thing I don't play FPS games these days

yep it was hardware, my mouse has died.

i cant recommend A4 tech it only lasted two years.

Good you figured it out. At least it was only a cheap part of the PC.


@raptor. Very strange issue there. Here's something to try. Try the mouse on a different matt coloured surface. Sometimes strange textures on surfaces makes an optical mouse mouse do weird things.

Also try your mouse on another PC to rule out Windows/Motherboard. It may be just messed up with the signal sent from the mouse, ie: new mouse

Quote from anttt69 :

i cant recommend A4 tech it only lasted two years.

Me neither, i had one ... for about 2 months

Anyways, JasonJ sayd that u should try front USB ports instead of back ports ... Well, ports in the back always work better. Even for external HDD's and flash sticks - better speed and stuff.

The reason why front USB sockets sometimes work less reliably is because the cables running from the motherboard to the front USB sockets are sometimes cheap quality and have less shielding so the signal can pick up electrical interferance.

If you have a good internal cable and it is connected correctly then the speed will be the same. Unless you have a really old motherboard and it only has on-board USB 1.0. Then in that case you might have a PCI USB 2.0 card that has sockets to the back or front which may give a differnt USB speed. But this is not usually why front USB sockets are less reliable.

The main reason why I always suggest trying a different socket is for several reasons:
+The USB socket might be internally damaged.
+The socket connection to the motherboard might be warped/cracked/dry joint
+The USB mobo circuit for that connector may be faulty