Optical Mouse Problem

I have a Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse installed on a WinXP pro system. USB
style connection with a USB/PS2 adapter and mouse is in the mainboard's PS2
connector. The mouse cursor moves erratically jumping from the current
position to the top of the screen and sometimes disappears until I move it
back into view.

The mouse pad and mouse optical port are both clean. The drivers are up to
date (reinstalled, and then updated) and there doesn't seem to be any
conflicts. Weird! It appears that the system has trouble maintaining the
mouse x,y coords.

Thanks
Mark

A optical mouse needs a good pattern on the surface to work properly. I
had similar issues on a mouse pad with little colour variation. Threw
the pad away and it worked great.
Brad
Mark F. wrote:
> I have a Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse installed on a WinXP pro system. USB
> style connection with a USB/PS2 adapter and mouse is in the mainboard's PS2
> connector. The mouse cursor moves erratically jumping from the current
> position to the top of the screen and sometimes disappears until I move it
> back into view.
>
> The mouse pad and mouse optical port are both clean. The drivers are up to
> date (reinstalled, and then updated) and there doesn't seem to be any
> conflicts. Weird! It appears that the system has trouble maintaining the
> mouse x,y coords.
>
> Thanks
> Mark