help with intellimouse optical

[EmperorNero]

I just got my intellimouse optical today...and I was testing it out in unreal tournament. a lot of the time, my mouse would mess up and my view in UT would look down and spin around in circles.

important points:
- I'm using PS/2
- I'm using it on my desk so there are some light wood grain. I tried using my free Navy mousepad and it's even worse: mouse would skip like crazy even though I didn't move it fast
- using intellipoint 3.2 on win98SE machine

I heard there was a way to change the PS/2 rate to 200. I tried double click on the little mouse icon in the lower right corner on my taskbar and I couldn't find anything to set the ps2 rate. can anyone help me?

 

[Modeps]

i dunno what to tell you, my optical works beautifuly, no matter where i put it. on the desk, on my butt... wherever. maybe because its ps2? ive got a usb

 

[EmperorNero]

this mouse is bugging me now...it's been skipping a lot. I remember reading a huge argument over using ps2 or usb and most ppl seem to agree ps2 is the best as long as the rate is set to 200.

 

[ndee]

IF you can use USB, why don't you???????? I heard it's lot better than the PS/2. I also couldn't set my optical mouse to 200Rate/sec, dunno why...

 

[EmperorNero]

ppl said the usb takes up much more resources than ps2 among other reasons but I forget.

 

[EmperorNero]

one more thing, this is the newer improved optical technology (33% faster) and so far, it's not very impressive.

 

[Cnuke]

Mine is USB with a ps2 connector and it works out of this world. I can to use it anywhere that I want error free.

Check their website out to see if upgrade drivers or tips.

 

[Sugadaddy]

I have an Intellimouse Optical and it works fine in UT. I'm using USB and the mouse is also on my desk. I'd try USB, since it has a higher rate than ps2 (when the rate isn't changed). Also make sure you're using it on a dark surface.

And BTW, USB might take more CPU ressources than ps2, but believe me you'll never notice it. (it doesn't take a 2 ghz cpu to run a mouse ) It also saves you an IRQ.

 

[dudleydocker]

i too have a new optical mouse....two problems. 1.) it will only work as a ps2, and 2.) when installed as USB, i get a conflict message with my soundcard (drivers will not load). haven't had much time to play with so far. anything obvious that i'm missing? before this i did not have any usb devices.

 

[JellyBaby]

The PS/2 adapter limits the Hz to about 90 making programs like PS/2 Rate less effective. Only pure PS/2 mice can make it to 200 Hz and USB mice are 125 Hz standard.