Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 doesn't like my all metal desk...what to do??

[NFS4]

OK, I have a Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 mouse and a wireless Natural Multimedia keyboard. I've had them for about two months, working just fine on a wooden desk (gone now).

Well, I moved my stuff downstairs into larger room (my roommate that isn't here much it taking my old, smaller room) and my dad picked me up a NICE all metal desk from work. So I moved my computer downstairs and set it up on the metal table. Keyboard works just great, but the mouse just FREAKS out whenever I try to use it and says that the signal is too low. It stutters and craps out all over the place. Even when used on top of my mouse pad. I even moved the receiver to like 5 inches in front of the mouse and it still craps out.

So, I picked the mouse up, and started running it over my hand and it works fine. So I got a clipboard and placed my mousepad on top of it and sat in my lap. Works like a champ. So then I took the clipboard/mousepad/mouse combo and set it on the desk...craps out again. I lifted it up about 4 inches from the desk...works fine.

So what can I do? It must be radio interference or something with the desk, but I don't want to get rid of it I don't have anything to use. Is there anything I can set on top of the desk to mask the interference??

 

[waylman]

not that I know of....sounds like you'll either need to go back to the wood desk or get a new mouse.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: waylman
not that I know of....sounds like you'll either need to go back to the wood desk or get a new mouse.

Well, I just set the mousepad on top of a box of officemax greeting card paper. Working fine...

No way I'm getting rid of this AWESOME mouse

 

[Abhi]

Sorry if i am stating the obvious...

but is it an optical mouse???

If yes... well the problem might be because of the reflectiveness of the metal (Optical mice dont work on the my table with a glass top)

If it is a optical mouse, A simple mousepad should work.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Abhi
Sorry if i am stating the obvious...

but is it an optical mouse???

If yes... well the problem might be because of the reflectiveness of the metal (Optical mice dont work on the my table with a glass top)

If it is a optical mouse, A simple mousepad should work.

Yes, it's optical
Yes, I was using a mousepad
Yes, it still screwed up

 

[txxxx]

Mask the area in which the reciever unit sits on?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

move the receiver up a little higher (perhaps on a small box), Put mouse on mousepad (possibly 2). Try.

Failing that, get an MX700 or intellimouse 4.0

 

[FacelessNobody]

Hmm I have the same mouse but a wooden desk.

I put a bunch of metal objects around on the desk here, and I get no problems. It would flake out sometimes when I had the receiver placed at a different angle from the mouse, though, so if you haven't already, try several different places for the receiver thingy. Push the button that cycles frequencies, too. Aside from that obvious stuff, I have no idea. I can't replicate the problem.

By the way, which "finish" is your mouse? I've got the luxurious black leather, mmmmmmmm....

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
move the receiver up a little higher (perhaps on a small box)

This would probably work. Lift the receiver up a few inches to clear it from the plain of the desk and you should be fine.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
move the receiver up a little higher (perhaps on a small box)

This would probably work. Lift the receiver up a few inches to clear it from the plain of the desk and you should be fine.

I did that in my second post

 

[blodhi74]

put insulators between the desk legs and the floor .... like rubber or non conductive material

 

[Adul]

get a real mouse