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Tricky XP mouse problem...

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by theplod

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This one is a bit weird...
I have a USB mouse that was working fine on XP but then i reformatted and found that it was really jerky around the screen (like it was loading), i then found that when i played music or video the mouse returned to normalright up until when i stopped playing the music or video... I have all the latest drivers and have found that when i use a ps/2 adapter it appears to work fine....
Any help would be appreciated.

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by rjager

try adn check for newer drivers for your chipset. in case of my own system I had to get the latest VIA 4-1 to get all the bussesworking correctly.

Good luck.

by thechas

There are known issues with XP and some USB mice. These usually are shutdown problems though.

It wouldn't hurt to check out the XP shutdown page at www.aumha.org and read the related MS KB articles.

As to why using the sound card helps, checkthe IRQ assignments in device manager.
If XP did the same thing for you that it did for me, the sound card,USB hub, and several other devices share IRQ9.

If so, the fix would be to get the mouse onto a different IRQ.

by theplod

I suspected an IRQ prroblem as well so i have already tried that, no success i am afraid.... The shutdown page was usefull but i didnt find anything that was like my problem...
Thanks anyway

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