# What is wrong with my mouse/mouse driver?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-mouse-mouse-driver/249816>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 11, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-mouse-mouse-driver/249816 "2004-06-11T14:55:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-mouse-mouse-driver/249816/1 "2004-06-11T14:55:56Z")

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I’m writing this without the benefit of a mouse. For the past week, the mouse cursor has been freezing on screen for a few seconds, then proceeding to work normally. Sometimes it beeped when it stopped working, sometimes not.  
Then, today, it stopped working completely. I’m tempted to write this off as a broken mouse, but the beeping from the computer threw me off. Would the computer (system speaker, not external) be beeping about it if it were just a broken mouse?  
Please help me, as this is extremely frustrating.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-mouse-mouse-driver/249816/2 "2004-06-11T15:49:28Z")

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Assuming there’s nothing else changed in the past week (new hardware or software), my guess would be a damaged connectino between the mouse and the computer, particularly if it’s a PS2 connection - some computer will freeze entirely if the PS2 mouse is disconnected, maybe yours is beeping to warn of this error. On the other hand, if it’s a USB mouse, I’ve no idea 😕

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-mouse-mouse-driver/249816/3 "2004-06-11T18:58:42Z")

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A good way to tell if it is in fact a hw problem with the mouse itself would be to try connecting the mouse in question to a different computer. If it works fine, then it’s not the mouse itself.

**GorillaMan** has a good point about the connection of the mouse to the computer. Is your mouse connecting via a PS/2 connector or is it USB? IF it’s USB, you can try plugging it into a different USB plug.

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**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-mouse-mouse-driver/249816/4 "2004-06-11T19:13:20Z")

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It’s a PS/2 mouse.  
I just did a cold reboot and the mouse has begun to work again. Does this give any more clues as to my problem?