USB Mouse disconecting/conecting

[oliversl]

Hi,
I have Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1 (the most basic MS mouse) and
it apears as disconnected and stop working. A second later it connect
again and works fine for a few minutes and then, the problem repeats.

Anyone knows what can be causing this? The mouse? Heat? USB voltage
problems?

I experienced this on an:
1 Mouse on: Asus A7N8X-Deluxe - Windows XP Sp1
1 Mouse on: Asus A7N8X-VM - Windows ME

Any feedback is welcome.
Many thanks
Oliver

 

[KC Computers]

I have Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1 (the most basic MS mouse) and

it apears as disconnected and stop working. A second later it connect
again and works fine for a few minutes and then, the problem repeats.

Anyone knows what can be causing this? The mouse? Heat? USB voltage
problems?

I experienced this on an:
1 Mouse on: Asus A7N8X-Deluxe - Windows XP Sp1
1 Mouse on: Asus A7N8X-VM - Windows ME

It could be a bad USB cable. It's also recommended
to try it on a PS/2 connector. Did your mouse come
with a USB to PS/2 adapter?

 

[John]

Hi,
I have Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1 (the most basic MS mouse) and
it apears as disconnected and stop working. A second later it connect
again and works fine for a few minutes and then, the problem repeats.

Anyone knows what can be causing this? The mouse? Heat? USB voltage
problems?

I experienced this on an:
1 Mouse on: Asus A7N8X-Deluxe - Windows XP Sp1
1 Mouse on: Asus A7N8X-VM - Windows ME

Any feedback is welcome.
Many thanks
Oliver

If it's accompanied by reconnect/disconnect sounds its probably a break in
the wire somewhere,
Waggle the wire gently starting from the mouse end and see if it happens,if
it does either cut the broken section out and resolder it together or buy a
new mouse.

 

[Paul]

Hi,
I have Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1 (the most basic MS mouse) and
it apears as disconnected and stop working. A second later it connect
again and works fine for a few minutes and then, the problem repeats.

Anyone knows what can be causing this? The mouse? Heat? USB voltage
problems?

I experienced this on an:
1 Mouse on: Asus A7N8X-Deluxe - Windows XP Sp1
1 Mouse on: Asus A7N8X-VM - Windows ME

Any feedback is welcome.
Many thanks
Oliver

Perhaps a USB 2.0 hub, or a separate USB PCI card, can make
the mouse work:

This document talks about the Nvidia chipset being unable to
handle USB 1.1 excessive jitter. A separate PCI card is suggested
as a possible solution.

http://www.epox.de/_boarddetail/8rda+/nForce2_MCP-T_MCP_USB1.1_AppNote.pdf

Does the Device Manager have anything to say ? Are there any
exclamation marks in Device Manager, indicating a problem ?

HTH,
Paul

 

[oliversl]

Many thanks for all your help.
I checked the cable and could not reproduce.
Also, have more info.

Sometime the red led just power off and then on after 1 second and the
mouse keep working.

But sometimes, less often, the red light just shut down. And the only
solution is to unplug/plug the USB from the PC.

I even started to believe that MS put a timer in the mouse, and when it
passes 2 years, the mouse start to have problems. But that is just the
paranoid part of me.

Anyway, could it interference from the monitor? Or maybe the power
source from the PC? Or just a problem with the USB 2.0 from Nvidia
Nforce2?

Thanks again,
Oliver

 

[Robert Hancock]

Many thanks for all your help.
I checked the cable and could not reproduce.
Also, have more info.

Sometime the red led just power off and then on after 1 second and the
mouse keep working.

But sometimes, less often, the red light just shut down. And the only
solution is to unplug/plug the USB from the PC.

I even started to believe that MS put a timer in the mouse, and when it
passes 2 years, the mouse start to have problems. But that is just the
paranoid part of me.

Anyway, could it interference from the monitor? Or maybe the power
source from the PC? Or just a problem with the USB 2.0 from Nvidia
Nforce2?

Thanks again,
Oliver

If this happens on multiple boards it is almost certain that the cable
is broken - certain Microsoft mice have this happen quite frequently.
This usually happens right where the cable goes into the mouse - pulling
on the cable in one direction or another can cause it to act up. I fixed
one mouse that had this problem by opening it up, cutting out the bad
section of cable and splicing it together..

 

[oliversl]

Thanks Robert.
Will try opening the mouse or moving.
Also, I looked a this KB Article about Asus mobos giving the incorrect
power to USB Devices:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;234786

But since my mouse just started to fail a couple of weeks ago, I think
its the cable. (It have been working for 1 year)