Anyone using USB mouse with TM 4000 or Aspire 1680

Have any body used USB mouse with TM 4000 or Aspire 1680 Series? Is the mouse movement smooth and does it pause once in a while ?

I have Y-Mouse cable ( ps/2 keyboard & mouse to Usb coverter) . When i use ps/2 mouse with this coverter the movement freezes once in while or genrates random mouse clicks.

I dont know whether the problem is with USB port or Y mouse cable . If any one using USB mouse could give their feed back it would be really helpfull

 

I'm using a Microsoft USB mouse on my 1681, and it's very smooth.

 

you can try this:

http://www.notebookreview.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10367

 

tb2496 : Infact i checked the thread u mentioned before posting the intial one but it was reffering to linux . i will try it out once i switch to linux . Have find a safe way to back up my Disk to Disk (D2D) Partion before breaking up default partion

I will buy an USB mouse today and report back later

 

George,

I recently bought a new USB optical mouse which is USB. It has a USB to PS2 adapter that I use. When connected to the PS2 port, the mouse works fine except for the scroll wheel. When I scroll up, it will scroll down. When I scoll down, it scrolls down. When I connect the mouse to the USB port, it works fine.

I checked around and found that if my setting in the BIOS is set so that it will utilize both the internal (touchpad) & external mouse simultaneously, it will cause this exact problem. I changed my setting from Both to Auto Select and the problem is resolved. This may be the exact same type of problem you're encountering. Goto the BIOS and check for a similar setting.

-Vb-

 

I'm actually running windows xp that came with the notebook (although a link I posted is refering to linux). Strangely enough when I plug in a usb mouse I dont have any problems with it, but my usb soundcard has dropouts/pauses which are fixed by disabling the battery.

 

Venombite
I changed the option in bios to Auto but still the same problem persist. So i went out and brought USB mouse its working well , I guess problem is with Y mouse cable ( Kvm switch)

tb2496:
I also noticed the pause as u menitoned in other thread ..i am thinging of disabling battery cheching . How do i go about it? Should i disable the smart battery in Device manager..

 

yeah, disabling the 'smart battery subsystem' in device manager gets rid of the pauses.

 

I'm using a HP USB mouse on my 1681WLMi, work fine

 

Yes USB mouse works fine. , But have any one tried PS/2 to USB converter ..like the one u get with Microsoft Optical scroll mouse

 

USB mouse is working fine.

BTW: Today i plugged back the old Y-Mouse cable and found The problem was due to use of mouse alone ..if i use a keyboard and mouse with Y mouse cable it works fine

 

angelkimlee
I have USB PS2 Y Cable with a KVM. I had the almost the same problem if i connect one device only either kbd or mouse . But if i connect both keyboard and mouse at the same time to Y cable ..then there is no struck charater or annoying mouse movement

So try connecting one mouse and keyboard to Y cable KVM