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by "doctor" 1 view

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Fellow pros, I am having a PC problem for a change. My mouse occasionally freezes then recover. While it is stuck, my keyboard will still work. If I just sit still for a while, it will recover. If I am gentle and not moving the pointer to fast I have better luck but the problem still occurs. Needless to say, this is a major issue for me. If I persist trying to recover it, the entire PC will lock up, including the keyboard and my only recourse is to bounce it. My virtual memory is good. I have no hardware conflicts that can see. I don't think it is a overheating issue as it can happen anytime. All of my fans ar working, including the proc.

Any suggestions?

The Doctor

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by tstobbe

You can try taking the ball out and cleaning the contacts. If that doesn't work your best bet is to go buy a new one, even the optical ones aren't that expensive anymore.

by cal.williams

I have seen a similar problem. Unfortunately it turned out to be the mouse/keyboard controller on the system board - probably a problem in the FIFO controller circuits. Before assuming the worst, of course, swap out the mouse and the keyboard, reload the mouse driver, disconnect anything on the serial ports, temporarily disable whatever monitor-type applications (Norton, First Aid, McAfee etc.)

by "doctor"

Cal, I went out and purchased a USB Optical mouse and the problem seems to have cleared up. They keyboard does not seem to be causing any problems so I just wonder if the old mouse was not shorting out. I hope the controller is not failing; I need this mobo to last a bit longer for me. Thanks for the assist.

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