subject: How To Fix The Freezing Mouse [print this page] When your mouse starts acting up or freezes up altogether, it needs some simple maintenance, and usually you can fix it by yourself, just follow to the guide below:
First, you should check whether the connection between your mouse and your motherboard port is loose.
Second, if your mouse works ineffectively, it may have three possibilities:One, the inner part of your mouse is dirty. You need to remove your mouse and totally clean all the dirt and debris built-up inside it.
Two, you have used a mouse pad improperly: you haven't used a pad for your optical mouse or your mouse has worked on a pad with an unsuitable surface. Besides, a mechanical mouse may be unable to work properly in a smooth surface.Three, you have bought a mouse with a very lousy data sampling capability, so you'd better change a new and quality one.
Third, install another good mouse to your computer, and if it works normally, obviously the problem is in your mouse itself. Most of the failures are due to the poor contact in the mouse port or buttons, broken cables or a smudgy mechanical positioning system. But you also can not eliminate there are some damaged parts or rosin joints in the circuit board, especially in some shoddy mouse devices, if so I recommend you to buy a good one.
Fourth, mouse software problemsOne, probably it is caused by your mouse driver. If you can not confirm the malfunction, well then uninstall and reinstall the driver or download some driver tools like Driver Helper to help install the most suitable driver for your mouse automatically.
Two, after shutting out the driver malfunction, try to install a PS/2 mouse or a USB mouse to further locate the problem, and if they still can not work, generally there would be a software conflict.
Three, for the trouble aroused by a software conflict, you should think back what software you have upgraded or newly installed recently, and unload it temporarily to further identify the reason.
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