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usb mouse stops working

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by bob.schaefer

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I have a dell dimension 4700c (xp home edition) it has only usb ports no ps/2 while playing a game or just using the mouse the mouse will freeze up only way to unfreeze mouse is either reboot pc or disconnect mouse and reconnect mouse I checked the drivers and the mouse says it's working properly I have also tried using a ps/2 mouse through my serial port this worked for a while but now also freezes any suggestions?

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by public

It looks like there's been a rash of this sort of problem lately. I have the same thing... mouse disconnects and reconnects ususually within 5 seconds, but sometimes the light goes out and I have to unplug and try another USB port.

MS Optical Wheelmouse (not wireless), USB, WinXP Pro SP2, VIA chipset, brand new PSU, fairly new MoBo.

It usually copes fine until I play games. Feels like it's flakiness in directX or some other game library.

by bob.schaefer

I have the flakiness all the time even when moving around my desktop I tried reloading the chipsets that worked for about 8 hrs and then it was back

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