Intellimouse Explorer broken?

[amobea]

I'm having problems with my intellimouse
it keeps losing power at random times
this means i have to get up and unplug it and plug it back in so it will work
it's happening alot and it's fucking annoying

is this the mouse dying or a problem with the usb on my board ?

my board is an abit kt7-a

any ideas?

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Odd, when mine died it lost power, struggled a bit and then wouldn't ever work again. Was with your mobo too.

 

[Testin da Cable]

wierd I've got the same mobo/mouse with nary a flicker. may well be cos it goes into a switchbox first heh.

 

[PR.]

My Intelli mouse had the problem that as you moved it the lights would flicker and the computer would lose and reastablish connection.

When I disected it I found that most of the cables in the wire had snapped and only made contact as the wire bent.

In the end I chopped off the offending section and re-soldered it to the board in side the mouse, now works fine as my 2nd intellimouse at work...

 

[GDW]

try using the Ps 2 adapter that comes with the mouse. If that works then could be the usb port

 

[Ch3tan]

Yes its dying, I have been through 4 of these mice. Perplex has as well afaik.

phone Microsoft uk tech support, its listed ont he website somewhere. Tell them whats wrong, and they will send u a free replacement.

I gave up on the explorer, and got an optical the 4th time it broke.

Still I miss the explorer perfect mouse for right handed gamesplayers.