Mouse is all choppy

[RedWolf]

Hi guys,

Recently my CDROM drive stopped functioning properly so i tossed it and bough a new one. However afte installing it I have started encountering wierd mouse issues. Whenver my hard drive starts chugging away my mouse gets all choppy.. like ti slwos down. Before changing the drive the mouse was always VERY VERY smooth.

My computer stats:

Pentium Celeron 433MHZ
320 mb RAM
ATI Expert Video card 64mb
Sony 52X CDROM (this is the new one)
HP CD Writer
Western Digital 8 gig hard drive
Win98 SE
Logitech Wheelman Optical mouse - it's USB but i have the PS2 adapter on it and it's plugged into the PS2 port.

I'm not overclocking, haven't screwed with any MB settings.

Any ideas where to start?

Thanks in advance!

 

[aaron_burr]

Have you played with the drivers? Like uninstalling it and seeing what driver Windows can come up with, or getting the latest one from the mouse's manufacturer?

 

[RedWolf]

Originally posted by aaron_burr
Have you played with the drivers? Like uninstalling it and seeing what driver Windows can come up with, or getting the latest one from the mouse's manufacturer?

The mouse? I've uninstalled it and let windows reinstall it but still no change.

Problem is I'm currently having a computer crisis - it seems that when i moved from my parent's house I've misplaced the box with ALL my driver disks. <groan>

So I think I'll download the drivers from the net and give that a try.

 

[Perfection]

You can always do the big Reformat...

 

[RedWolf]

Originally posted by aaron_burr
Have you played with the drivers? Like uninstalling it and seeing what driver Windows can come up with, or getting the latest one from the mouse's manufacturer?

Ok - installed the newest mouse drivers but are still experiencing the same problems.

I'd rather not do a windows reinstall - especially if this is a hardware conflict at which time a reinstall isn't going to solve the problem.

 

[Wolfe Tone]

Try a different mouse. My old mouse use to mess me about, working one minute, choppy the next and sometimes freezing the computer. But since I got a new mouse I've had no problems.

 

[aaron_burr]

Red Wolf, how old is the mouse? I know I hate wasting perfectly good parts, but replacing it may save the the infuriation ---

 

[RedWolf]

Originally posted by aaron_burr
Red Wolf, how old is the mouse? I know I hate wasting perfectly good parts, but replacing it may save the the infuriation ---

The mouse is only a few years old.

It's a Logitech Optical mouse and worked perfectly until I changed the CDROM drive.

A friend suggested checking the jumpers on the new drive to make sure the slaves and masters are set properly. So thats my next step.

I also intend to remove the new drive and boot without it and see if the problem goes away.

 

[bobgote]

ok firstly - it's not a cordless mouse is it? i got the impression it's not, but just wanted to make sure if it is, it's out of batteries.

secondly - is your hard drive on the same IDE cable as your CDROM? - this can cause system-slowing problems (is it your whole system or just the mouse - mouse slowing might be a symptom, not the problem) this would probably happen only when your cdrom is in use though...

then i'd suggest checking hardware settings for your CDROM and HDD and making sure they aren't conflicting on anything. Your slave/master jumpers should be fine - otherwise it wouldn't work at all.

just to make sure though, your HDD should be primary master, and your CDROM should be secondary master - or have your writer as master and your new CDROM as secondary slave. (only just noticed you have both, so yeah, make sure on the master/slave settings, chances are, if they were wrong, you'd only get one or the other working)

 

[RedWolf]

*grrrrrr*

Still haven't solved this stupid problem.

Here's what i have done so far:

-Reinstalled the mouse drivers
-Taken the adapter off of the mouse and set it up as USB
-Uninstalled/Unattached/Unplugged BOTH CDROM drives
-Reinstalled my video drivers on the advice of the IT guy at work
-Defragged
-ScanDisked

Still the same damn thing.

Any other ideas? I'm going to borrow another mouse and try that next I think.

 

[RedWolf]

Originally posted by bobgote
(is it your whole system or just the mouse - mouse slowing might be a symptom, not the problem)

I think it's just the mouse but it's hard to say exactly...

 

[bobgote]

have you tried using a different mouse that you know works - this way you could be sure if its the mouse or the system.

 

[RedWolf]

Originally posted by bobgote
have you tried using a different mouse that you know works - this way you could be sure if its the mouse or the system.

Not yet. That is the next step as soon as I get a free minute...

 

[Crazy Eddie]

Adding the new CDROM might have caused Windoze to re-arrange the IRQ settings, is there any other device that is sharing with the mouse? (usually IRQ 12 for a Ps2 mouse IIRC)

 

[RedWolf]

Originally posted by Crazy Eddie
Adding the new CDROM might have caused Windoze to re-arrange the IRQ settings, is there any other device that is sharing with the mouse? (usually IRQ 12 for a Ps2 mouse IIRC)

Any easy way to figure this out? I don't see anything at first glance but I'll have to wade through thr devices and look more closely.

(The mouse is on USB right now however - I remived the PS2 adapter and just plugged it directly into USB. Still didn't help).

 

[Crazy Eddie]

Right-click on 'My Computer' and select 'properties' , then click the 'Device Manager' tab and with 'computer' selected click the 'properties' button, this will give you the IRQ settings.

Windows is supposed to be able to share an IRQ between two or more different devices, but I've had similar symtoms to yours in the past and a shared IRQ has been the problem.