Hi forum, is using a wireless mouse side by side with USB GSM modem may interfere each other?
Recently I bought a wireless mouse that came with small USB dongle with it and experienced a lagging performance of the device…I plugged the dongle near to my USB modem as my laptop came with only 3 USB slot.
Is the lagging common or theres any workaround for these?
Any help would be appreciated…
unplug the modem and see…
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palladium
Shame on me…why I didn’t try that first.
Well, yes the lag stop…reason why I ask is that some friend of mine use same hardware combination and work fine, but they run on Windows…so I wonder if these OS specific or just hardware issue…thanks anyway
It may even be, that this does not happen with your friend’s modem…Coincidence is that I saw this phenomenon on a brand new Win7 machine. Changing the mouse for exactly the same model in the shop brought the solution (suggested by the guy from the computer shop, he had seen it before).
Thanks Knurpht, I just try to use extension cable…seems OK if they didn’t get very close (my previous laptop got 2 USB slot on each side & separate express card layout, my current machine stack them very tight). I’ll try to find an express card & see how its result…
roosydinharis wrote:
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> Hi forum, is using a wireless mouse side by side with USB GSM modem may
> interfere each other?
>
> Recently I bought a wireless mouse that came with small USB dongle
> with it and experienced a lagging performance of the device…I plugged
> the dongle near to my USB modem as my laptop came with only 3 USB slot.
>
> Is the lagging common or theres any workaround for these?
>
> Any help would be appreciated…
When you say lag, do you mean all the time or just at times? I have at
least 3 Logitech wireless mice sitting here and one (M-RBL117) has this
annoying habit of apparently going to sleep if it is not used for more than
a few seconds, say 10-15. I have to swipe it across the the surface fairly
rapidly to wake it up. The wife has the same model and it has the
same “lazy” characteristic. Works fine as long as you keep it active, but
it’s a PITA otherwise. All the others are just fine - instant response
anytime - but this seems to be a “feature” of the one particular model.
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Will Honea
Hi Will, after while I notice that its only lag if the dongle work closely to my usb (and express card too) modem, since the usb slot is crimped with the express card.
‘Fortunately’ an extension cable solve this…yes, extension cable for my wireless mouse dongle… :idea:
roosydinharis wrote:
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> Hi Will, after while I notice that its only lag if the dongle work
> closely to my usb (and express card too) modem, since the usb slot is
> crimped with the express card.
>
> ‘Fortunately’ an extension cable solve this…yes, extension cable for
> my wireless mouse dongle… :idea:
I frequently get frustrated with modules that are just a little to
wide/thick to get something into both sockets - from flash drives to
modem/wireless devices. Frustrating! I carry a small hub with a short
cable and sockets on 3 side of the device just because of this. It will
also run with or without an external power supply, so it’s handy for
charging iPods and the like.
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Will Honea