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Offline derekf

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Strange mouse movement
« on: February 05, 2013, 05:57:54 AM »
Hello,

 I have got a Gigabyte Aivia M8600 V2 gaming mouse, and when ever i move the mouse it keeps ending up on the left hand side of the screen.

With a normal mouse in PCLinuxos and under bindows it does not do this, Any ideas how to stop it moving to the left of the screen ?

In the link below is the mouse i`m using:

 http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3777#ov

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 Derek.
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Offline kjpetrie

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Re: Strange mouse movement
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 01:18:56 PM »
I take it your mouse mat doesn't slope to the left!

I once thought my current mouse had a fault which caused the cursor to drift across the screen. Then one day I noticed the cable was hanging over the desk and gravity was pulling it along!
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Re: Strange mouse movement
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2013, 01:34:31 PM »
Is a gaming mouse like a joystick where you can adjust it?  I seem to remember joysticks that wandered until they were calibrated.
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Offline ThirdOfSix

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Re: Strange mouse movement
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2013, 02:00:42 PM »
I had that happen with a mouse once.

It was driving me nuts until I checked the optical pickup on the bottom if the mouse and found that there was a hair hanging over the pickup which would wave when the mouse was being moved.

Try cleaning it.

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Re: Strange mouse movement
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 02:08:45 PM »
If an optical mouse is used on a patterned surface, all kinds of strange behaviour can result. Try it on a plain surface.
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Offline derekf

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Re: Strange mouse movement
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2013, 05:01:52 PM »
kjpetrie,  It is on a level desktop cabinet.

arjaybe, I`ll see if there is a way to calibrate it.

ThirdOfSix, I`ll try cleaning it to see if that helps.

Nok, it does sit on a gaming mouse pad but i tried it on a flat surface on my desktop but still does it.
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Re: Strange mouse movement
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2013, 10:41:49 PM »
Wireless?  (Yes, from the product link it's capable of wireless operation.)

Might try changing batteries or using the mouse via the included USB cable?

You have a tilt-wheel mouse.  Try checking if one of the tilt switches may be stuck.

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Re: Strange mouse movement
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2013, 04:05:55 AM »
Sorry for the late reply.

 horusfalcon, i checked the tilt wheel and it seems ok not stuck. THis only happens in linux.

Tried all the suggestions with no luck, I suppose i`ll have to put up with it.
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Re: Strange mouse movement
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2013, 08:34:37 AM »
Quote from: derekf on February 28, 2013, 04:05:55 AM
Sorry for the late reply.

 horusfalcon, i checked the tilt wheel and it seems ok not stuck. THis only happens in linux.

Tried all the suggestions with no luck, I suppose i`ll have to put up with it.

I wouldn't.  Try a different mouse.  If the "new" mouse works properly, ditch the old one.  Doesn't matter how many go-fasters or how many knobs and buttons, bells and whistles it has if it won't do the job.  (And that thing sounds expensive, too.  A shame, that.)

O'course, ya could tough it out and try to find a correct driver for it - if it works in Windows, and doesn't have a hardware problem, what's left?
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