USB Intellimouse Explorer Problems

[abracadabra1]

i'm having problems w/ my usb intellimouse explorer. when windows boots up it works perfectly, nice and smooth..no problems
after about a minute or so it just stops working.
the light is not turning on when i move the damn thing and my cursor won't budge an inch right now.
any ideas what might be the problem?
here's my hardware that might be of relevance
abit kt7-raid
256MB Kingston PC100 Cas2 valueram (running 140cas2)
duron600@1000 (9.5X105)

i have the latest bios revision and i d/l the latest VIA usb drivers- 4.25
any ideas folks?

 

[dadx2mj]

When it stops working try wiggling the cord and see if it starts working. They have been known to develop breaks in the wire. The good thing is they have a lifetime warrenty and all you have to do is call Micro soft and get a new one.

 

[abracadabra1]

break in the wire?
how come when i use the usb-ps/2 adapter the mouse works fine?
seems to be that it would have to be a problem w/ windows or my mobo.

any ideas fellas?

 

[Wallydraigle]

I don't use USB that much so I have never had this happen but I have heard that in some rigs USB stops working after a little while and you have to unplug the device and plug it back in. That's just what I have heard. If that is the case then USB doesn't sound like a good thing for mice and keyboards, at least if it shuts itself down on you.

 

[abracadabra1]

well...even after plugging in and out again it still doesn't work.

any ideas fellas?

 

[Linuxman]

I was having the same problems...
I had in the USB port and about after 10 - 15 min the light on the back of the mouse turned off and froze my computer. This happened frequntly so I put it into the PS2 port. This solved the problem for a while but it crept up again and started freezing my computer again.
Because of this...I formatted and put win 2000 on (before i had Win 98 regular). Right now I have it in the PS2 port and its fine.