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optical mouse issue

• cblue456 67 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 10:30 AM

  My 5 month laser optical mouse lately is putting out a weaker signal. It seems so because sometimes on the backswing it will click before I actually click the button, and more than a few times it will click on the downswing, to count the stroke. I had to withdraw from a few tourneys for this and that I will not stand for.
  I tried different surfaces, no change.
  
  Yes I've tried the 3 click meter but I still have to hold and maneuver the mouse for aiming shots. And sometimes the mouse cursor won't move when I click and hold.  
  Outside of WGT, sometimes I have copy/paste issues because it won't highlight consistenly.
  
  Time for a new mouse?

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 10:52 AM

  Did you ever clean the sensitive area, the "red light district"?

  Is it by chance a wireless mouse? Battery issues?

• cblue456 67 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 10:55 AM

  No battery, there is a wire.  

   

  Checking the light, looks normal while flat. Maybe I just don't see it flicker.

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 11:15 AM

  Frequently I find hair and dust around the sensor - cats in the house!

• ScottHope 10,654 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 11:17 AM

  As alosso says, the optical sensor in the bottom of the mouse picks up dust particles and then it can't track its movement correctly. Get yourself an artists paintbrush, small enough to poke through the hole in the bottom of the mouse and gently brush the surface of the optical sensor then, preferably with an aerosol air duster, blow the sensor clean.

• fitzroy1965 337 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 11:18 AM

  yes mice these days are so cheap,just buy another one, I have good luck with microsoft mice. if  problem goes away it was your old mouse, if not, it has to be another issue.

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 11:20 AM

  Very professional advice Scott!

  I do only this,

  ScottHope:

  blow the sensor clean.

  with my breath.

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 12:08 PM

  alosso:

  Very professional advice Scott!

  I do only this,

  ScottHope:

  blow the sensor clean.

  with my breath.

  I use the "canned" compressed air.  Great advice Scott!

• borntobesting 9,772 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 12:29 PM

  cblue456:

  No battery, there is a wire.  

   

  Checking the light, looks normal while flat. Maybe I just don't see it flicker.

  Just an idea. Have you checked to see if the cable is seated correctly? Vibrations from Fans can cause some cables to come loose. They look like they are still seated properly but looks can be deceiving.

• ScottHope 10,654 Posts

  Tue, Nov 26 2013 1:08 PM

  alosso:

  Very professional advice Scott!

  DaddysKat:

  Great advice Scott!

  Thanks guys, come to think of it, it's probably about time I gave mine a clean too.