Irritating Computer components-Weird Update

So Ive spent the last day on the road.  Come home to relax, enjoy a lil coffee house chatter and mess with Sonar.

I try to make it a point to try and spend time tweaking and learning how to use 1 thing at a time, like say Channel Tools and everything I can do and use it for.

Unfortunately my mouse always wants to play games with me.

I have a Dell Studio XPS that works great for the most part and have had very little troubles that I am aware of with it and X1.

My problem today (and intermittently throughout since the install of Sonar) is that the mouse looses operation, connection, or ????  who knows.  The movement will get jumpy and the led light on the bottom shuts off and it stops working. I have to continually unplug it from the computer to get it going again.  IRRITATING it is  

Ive tried to find other Dell users with this problem but have been unsuccessful. 

I dont believe it has anything to do with Sonar and dont have another mouse to swap out-Ughhhhh  

OK  all done venting-As you were

I need to try out a trackball- thanks for the reminder Daryl....and it may
be an OS issue...I've seen weird stuff with mine since using Windows 7 but your's
isn't listed....

If it's USB, you can try it on another port.  

digi2ns


Ive tried almost all the ports, 

It does follow the mouse but doesnt effect other USB driven things.

Makes me kinda think its the mouse

Weird unplug & replug and it might work good for a minute, a day, or a week or longer then it pops back up again

Yes, it sounds like it's time for a new one.  At least they're fairly inexpensive.  

I use a Kensington "Scroll Mouse" trackball thingy (or whatever it's called). They are REALLY expensive (like $100 last I checked) but are AWESOME!

Great for finite stuff and video games and personally I think they are far better for avoiding computer related hand stress... which is obviously particularly important for us music folk.

Also they save on deskspace. Even though they are FAR bigger then a mouse they are stationary so you don't need to clear a space for spastic hand movements.

Personally I think mice are a TERRIBLE concept and I'm surprised they ended up the standard HID.

Oh BTW herb, I tried to give the old mouse to the neighborhood alley cat-He didnt want nuffin to do with it  

Did you check to make sure the lens around the LED light is clean? They can get dirty and cause this problem. I had the exact same problem one time and was ready to chuck my mouse and get a new one. Even though it looked clean, just for the hell of it I took a tissue with rubbing alcohol and cleaned it and it worked fine after that. Make sure you clean over where the light is coming from, and the other areas as well. There's a photo receiver in there that has to be able to see the light clearly.

Beepster


I use a Kensington "Scroll Mouse" trackball thingy (or whatever it's called). They are REALLY expensive (like $100 last I checked) but are AWESOME!

Great for finite stuff and video games and personally I think they are far better for avoiding computer related hand stress... which is obviously particularly important for us music folk.

Also they save on deskspace. Even though they are FAR bigger then a mouse they are stationary so you don't need to clear a space for spastic hand movements.

Personally I think mice are a TERRIBLE concept and I'm surprised they ended up the standard HID.

This is what I use - love it and it's $44.99 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=740478&Q=&is=REG&A=details

Beagle


I've used trackballs before and personally I can't stand them.  to each his own!

well, I didn't ask for your opinion - I'll fight you on this one

Those are nice too but this is the one I use actually... http://www.amazon.ca/Kens...rackball/dp/B00009KH63

For some reason they call it the Expert Mouse even though it isn't anything like a mouse so I always forget the name. The ring around the ball is actually a scrollwheel and super handy. It's a little jerky scrolling in Sonar though which is weird but it works. The trackball action is free moving like an arcade golf machine style trackball (it actually just sits in the socket and if you turn it over the ball will fall out) which is the main reason I like it. If I swipe it it keeps spinning after I take my hand away. It's so sensitive and free moving that if I'm typing on my laptop on the other end of my desk the cursor on my big machine will drift from the vibrations.

Now the cool part for recording (I think) is the ginormous buttons. When I'm tracking I just leave the cursor over top of the record button in Sonar and poke the massive left button and I'm in. Hit the spacebar to stop and ctrl+z if I screw up. I've caught myself completely spaced out and doing this by reflex. It's like a little rhythm. Tap tap-tap CLICK... over and over again. The only time I have to actually fully put my hand on the trackball is if I like a take and I want to mute the lane but I know there's a keyboard shortcut for that too which I probably should learn. For mixing and tweaking parameters it is ridiculously precise (artists and engineers use these things and for good reason). And finally the best part is you can make HUGE gestures onscreen barely moving your hand at all... and THAT is why I hate mice. Hate 'em. Always bumping into crap on the desk, no precision and my big lanky hand turns into a tensed up claw after long usage.

Did I mention I hate mice?

And yeah, Beags... a lot of people can't stand trackballs because they are so used to mice. It used to crack me up when people at work or my friends came to my house would try to do something on my computers. The quizzical frustrated looks were priceless... but I'm kind of jerk like that. ;-)

It's the devil's paw.

yay - trackballs rule.
Regular mice suck.
Booya Beagle

lulz... poor beagle.

don't pity him - he started the trackball hating. He deserves everything he gets

It's getting a little heated in here. Let's start from Scratch.