Pointer jumps...

Creampuff,

What model computer do you have?  What tpe of mouse are you using?

Steve

Message Edited by BigBrother on 03-13-2005 01:59 PM

I am having the same problem, but my pointer goes to any corner of the screen, not just one. I am using the mouse that came with my XPS gen 3, and it is not wireless. I changed the mouse pad a few moments ago, and that seems to have fixed it, but I am not totally sure that the problem was the mouse pad. What do I do if it was not the mouse pad?

Hi,

My pointer is jumping also.. I can be at one place and all of a sudden it moves on its own to anywhere on the screen then I have to bring it back most times its in the four corners of the moniter that it moves. I have the demension 8300 and the mouse came with it. Can anyone Help Please??

I also have a Dimension 8300 and the curser is constantly jumping to any one of the four corners. Does anyone know who manufactures the Dell mouse? I tried searching for updated mouse drivers

For what it's worth, pointer jumping is a classic problem with laser style mice. A common fix is to simply change your mouse pad. Use something that isn't shiney in any way. Try it...it just might help!

I changed my mouse pad to the original one dell sent me with my computer and it still jumps. and I also tried finding update drivers. Wish there was something that could fix this!

My problem is fixed. Do not use a dell mouse pad, they cause problems. use cardboard or something that does not reflect, like a fabric mouse pad.

A mouse pad that is not made with a shinny surface. You can use cardboard too, I hear that works just as well. Anything with a non - reflective surface would most likely work.

I have a new Diminsion 8400 and the Dell USB optical mouse.  I tossed the freebie Dell mousepad right away and just use the desktop as the mouse surface.  It still jumps to a random corner.  I bought a fancy $15 mouse pad with a nice gel-filled wrist support.  Still jumps.  Tossed that one, too.  Tried plain paper.  The paper moves too much.  Tossed it.  I have yet to find any kind of stable surface to use as a mouse pad, on which the mouse pointer does not jump to a corner of the screen, Usually right in the middle of something like typing a long email, etc., or at the critical point in a shooting game, or something like that.

My old computer is a built-myself AMD Athlon 1700+ monster with a Logitech USB optical mouse.  It has never (not once in 3 years) jumped anywhere that I didn't direct it to. 

The difference may be that my old computer is USB 1.0, and the Dell is 2.0.

I, too, would like to have a Dell support guru wade in on this one.  And don't tell me my mouse is dirty - the darn thing is brand new!

Cardboard works with most people... i am using a mousepad that I got 10 years ago, and that works. When I say "reflective", I mean plastic.    If you have this problem, try any method I have mentioned before. If the problem continues, try to get in touch with a tech person.

FWIW - I tried cardboard - the pointer still occasionally jumps, and why on earth would anyone put up with having to use a crummy piece of cardboard for a mouse pad, when there is obviously a problem with Dell and the USB mouses that Dell needs to address?  Using cardboard is an unacceptable "solution".

Well, I did find a dull plain black mouse pad (Microban by Fellowes), and the problem has gone away.  I still think this is a lot of trouble to have to go to in order to get Dell-supplied and Dell-assembled hardware to work right.

I understand, and I don't understand why they must send mousepads that screw with the mouse thingie.... If you still have a problem with the pointer when you use cardboard, then the problem is more than the mousepad. I was lucky that it was only the mouse pad. Try updating the driver, that may help... and if you already tried that, it's time to contact tech support. (and if they cant fix the problem, get a regular mouse with a ball... don't suffer with an optical mouse that has a mind of its own)