Overlooking the obvious (a mouse tale)
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About a month ago, I started having problems with my bluetooth mouse...lagging mostly. I've had this mouse for over a year now and it's always had minor hiccups where it might lose it's connection for a few seconds, but mostly worked fine. One of the first things I did was to swap the bluetooth mouse for my laptop's wireless (rf) mouse. At first it seemed to work, but I quickly noticed that it also was losing connection, mostly when I was working on my secondary monitor. :sigh: The second thing I tried was a brand new Logitech wireless (rf) mouse. Nope, same thing, it seemed to work at first, then the experience got worse, especially when working on my secondary monitor. By worse, I mean selecting text/line with a left-drag was impossible, clicks were randomly 'ignored'...there were many times where I had to just get up and walk away from it. :mad: At least the Logitech mouse came with software that showed the device connection status. As I was working, I could watch the connection drop and reset depending on mouse actions. I could even cause the connection to drop simply by clicking once a failure occurred and hold the connection closed by keeping a mouse button down. Hmmm, maybe it's the USB port? Swap the rf receiver to another port and it works...for a minute, then starts failing again. :( Finally, Google produced a result that mentioned that for best results, there should be no obstructions between the device and the receiver. :omg: Bingo! Winner! :laugh: Watching the connection status in the Logitech software, it became abundantly clear that my desk was interfering with the connection! My mouse sits on the front right of my physical desktop and the cpu sits on the floor just to the right of the desk. It's a mere 28 inches from the corner of my desktop to where the receiver is plugged in. My mistake is that I assumed that rf would bounce/bend given such a short distance. I remembered having a Linksys USB extender (from when N became a standard) so I dug it out of a cables drawer and hooked it up. The receiver now sits in a nice little stand on the back right corner of my desktop at around 16 inches from the mouse, though it seems to work flawlessly up to at least 36 inches. It's nice to finally stop fighting with the mouse, but annoying to think how much frustration I went through without seeing the real problem! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"
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About a month ago, I started having problems with my bluetooth mouse...lagging mostly. I've had this mouse for over a year now and it's always had minor hiccups where it might lose it's connection for a few seconds, but mostly worked fine. One of the first things I did was to swap the bluetooth mouse for my laptop's wireless (rf) mouse. At first it seemed to work, but I quickly noticed that it also was losing connection, mostly when I was working on my secondary monitor. :sigh: The second thing I tried was a brand new Logitech wireless (rf) mouse. Nope, same thing, it seemed to work at first, then the experience got worse, especially when working on my secondary monitor. By worse, I mean selecting text/line with a left-drag was impossible, clicks were randomly 'ignored'...there were many times where I had to just get up and walk away from it. :mad: At least the Logitech mouse came with software that showed the device connection status. As I was working, I could watch the connection drop and reset depending on mouse actions. I could even cause the connection to drop simply by clicking once a failure occurred and hold the connection closed by keeping a mouse button down. Hmmm, maybe it's the USB port? Swap the rf receiver to another port and it works...for a minute, then starts failing again. :( Finally, Google produced a result that mentioned that for best results, there should be no obstructions between the device and the receiver. :omg: Bingo! Winner! :laugh: Watching the connection status in the Logitech software, it became abundantly clear that my desk was interfering with the connection! My mouse sits on the front right of my physical desktop and the cpu sits on the floor just to the right of the desk. It's a mere 28 inches from the corner of my desktop to where the receiver is plugged in. My mistake is that I assumed that rf would bounce/bend given such a short distance. I remembered having a Linksys USB extender (from when N became a standard) so I dug it out of a cables drawer and hooked it up. The receiver now sits in a nice little stand on the back right corner of my desktop at around 16 inches from the mouse, though it seems to work flawlessly up to at least 36 inches. It's nice to finally stop fighting with the mouse, but annoying to think how much frustration I went through without seeing the real problem! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"
I had the opposite issue with Logitech M187s (of which I've had several over the years). I mouse right handed, and if I plug the receiver in a USB port on the right side of the laptop, so the operating range is maybe 6" or 8", it hiccups. Dongle in left side USB port, all is cool. Big wooden desk on steel frame, lots of 2.4GHz signals flying round the room.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I had the opposite issue with Logitech M187s (of which I've had several over the years). I mouse right handed, and if I plug the receiver in a USB port on the right side of the laptop, so the operating range is maybe 6" or 8", it hiccups. Dongle in left side USB port, all is cool. Big wooden desk on steel frame, lots of 2.4GHz signals flying round the room.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
I have the Logitech M215 and experienced similar behavior. Occasional lag when USB receiver gets blocked by hardware like a USB external drive, just move keyboard and mouse closer or move drive. I use desktop.
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