My mother in law wanted a new cordless mouse for Christmas. So I got her one, a basic Kensington wireless mouse. The receiver is connected to the computer (home built but not by me, AMD CPU, Asus MB) via a USB-PS/2 adapter and then to the PS/2 mouse port on the computer.
Problem is that after the computer boots up, it gets into the cycle where the mouse will "pause" for about a half second every 3 or 4 seconds. So if you are moving the mouse across the screen it will move, pause, move, pause, etc. Very frustrating. A regular PS/2 mouse connected to the computer does not behave this way.
First I thought it was low RAM. (They had 256mb, running Windows 2000 pro, McAfee internet suite and a bunch of other stuff). So I added 512mb more. System is faster, but it doesn't help the mouse problem. I've not loaded any other mouse related software.
Any ideas? I had to leave their place before I could finish. Would plugging the mouse receiver directly into a USB port help? They only have 2 USB ports via an add in card so I'm not sure that there is an open port.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Problem is that after the computer boots up, it gets into the cycle where the mouse will "pause" for about a half second every 3 or 4 seconds. So if you are moving the mouse across the screen it will move, pause, move, pause, etc. Very frustrating. A regular PS/2 mouse connected to the computer does not behave this way.
First I thought it was low RAM. (They had 256mb, running Windows 2000 pro, McAfee internet suite and a bunch of other stuff). So I added 512mb more. System is faster, but it doesn't help the mouse problem. I've not loaded any other mouse related software.
Any ideas? I had to leave their place before I could finish. Would plugging the mouse receiver directly into a USB port help? They only have 2 USB ports via an add in card so I'm not sure that there is an open port.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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