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What's wrong with my mouse?
The red light on the bottom flickers on and off, and sometimes it just stays off and I have to unplug it and replug it. When the light turns off, the cursor won't move. Also, sometimes when the light IS on, the cursor STILL won't move. Do I need to replace my mouse? Or if not, what else do I need to do?
There's no batteries in it. It's not wireless.
15 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
just replace it
same thing happened to me
idk wat it was though
- 1 decade ago
A couple of steps to use to troubleshoot:
1.If it is cordless, replace the batteries
2. Re-install the drivers for it.
3.If it is USB, change the USB port it is plugged into. If that fixes, you have a bad USB port on Motherboard
4.Test mouse on another system (if you have one), If works okay there, its a problem with your system , not the mouse
5.Test with mouse from another system (if you have one)If this one works okay, its a problem with mouse, not your system
6. If you use PS2 mouse, could be bad PS2 port, so try a USB mouse
- 1 decade ago
It could be out of batteries, if that dont help go search for a new mouse to buy on www.buy.com, but today my mouse was messing for quite a month and today and opened the mouse without caring about it and cleaned and stuff inside and now it works good, i dont have problems with it anymore, if I do again its going to toilet.
- Billy FZ1Lv 51 decade ago
It sounds as if you may have a bad mouse. It may be a bad plug or broken or loose wire. Mouses are fairly inexpensive so I would just replace it.
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- crissyll22Lv 41 decade ago
samething happened to mine. I had to replace it. Unless the light stays on all the time if thats the case there is something on the laser.
- 1 decade ago
I would probably get a new mouse at this point, its probably not worth trying to repair it. I recommend Razer mouse products or Logitech.
Source(s): http://www.razerzone.com/ - 1 decade ago
its probably the usb port on your computer. try sticking it in another usb port or try using the same mouse on another computer and see if it works. that way you will know whats going on. or it could be that your copy of windows didnt pick up the drivers correctly in which case, you might wanna reinstall the drivers.
- 1 decade ago
I think that you should replace it b/c it seems like it's running out of power.
- 1 decade ago
do you use a mousepad? maybe the mouse cant sense the surface, but really, i think its time to get a new mouse. they are cheap, as long as u are not going for gaming mouse.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yk5zpr
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The batteries might be dead or dying.
