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MX700 "skipping" a lot

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evildre

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I've had a Logitech MX700 since maybe the week they hit retail shelves. The "base station" is less than 3 feet away from the mousing surface (a ghetto-ass AMD Athlon mouse pad :D). I changed the batteries last night and charged 'em to rule that out, but it's still doing this ... it'll work on the left and right thirds of my mouse pad, but when it's in the middle section, it cuts out. It won't track, click, or scroll.

My desk has three wooden tiers: the top tier which houses my cordless phone, left speaker, center speaker, secondary monitor, and iPod dock; the middle tier which holds the cell phone, right speaker, primary monitor, MX700 base, and a bunch of other random shit (CDs, pens, concert ticket stubs, etc); and the bottom tier, which is a roll-out keyboard tray that holds my keyboard and mouse. There are no metal cross-members between the middle and bottom tiers, only the metal brackets that hold the roll-out tray. The MX700's base is located on the middle tier between the two metal brackets, so the only thing that impedes a direct signal between the mouse and the base is a relatively small section of the middle tier itself.

Is my MX700 beginning to show its age, or is there a problem with my setup? If there's a problem with the mouse, what's a good cordless mouse these days?
 
Make sure there is nothing stuck in the optical sensor. Even a hair can screw with the sensor...

Failing that, what type of mouse pad are you using? Optical mice do NOT work well on anything reflective.

You could also try changing the channel the mouse uses. To do this first press the Connect button on the base, and then press the Connect button on the mouse. If you have MouseWare installed a small box will come up saying which channel the mouse was changed to. After you change the channel cursor movement will be jerky for a few seconds....
 
like many others might say, the MX700 doesnt like to work properly on anything that has any remote signs of reflection.

I've actually found that my MX700 works best on just a plain-Jane, no thrills mouse pad so thats what I use.
 
barkingpig -- the mouse appears to lose connection in that one part of my mousepad. Everything on the mouse stops functioning for that split second that it's going across the region: buttons, scroll wheel, and tracking

stevewm -- I'm using a pretty plain AMD Athlon mousepad ... the bottom's rubber, and the mousing surface is cloth. It's one of those you could probably get for a quarter at OfficeMax. It worked fine for my MS Intellimouse Explorer 1.0 and that little Targus mini-mouse I use when I run the MX700's batteries down ...

ozziegn -- Every time I sell a guy an optical mouse, I warn him against using it on a remotely reflective surface ... I practice what I preach :cool:
 
i was using a generic mousepad with tweety bird on it ^_^ and my mx700 worked fine, and that mousepad is almost 8 years old! now i'm using a new generic mousepad, i think made by fellowes or something, and it's got a black and white picture of a puppy on it, and it still works like the day i got it. i've seen a lot of people in the case modding gallery using rat padz and other stuff like that, but i don't think it's necessary. just find one with solid colors and a non reflective surface. also, for your problem with losing signal, try switching the channel that the base station and mouse "talk" on.
 
Have you tried to use the mouse on your bare desk or other surface? It sounds like it may not like the mousepad anymore. Could be a problem with it being worn down or something it just doesn't like about that mousepad anymore. Also, since most people usually use the mouse in the center of the pad which will wear down quicker, and that is where you are having problems, it sounds like the mousepad is the problem.
 
SmokeRngs -- I'll try the mouse off the pad for a bit and see how it behaves :cool:

[H]otspringtamago -- I've definitely tried different channels ... sounds like your Tweety mouse pad is built along the same lines as my AMD Athlon promo mouse pad :D
 
Use a wood surface if available. I've never had a problem with any optical mouse tracking over woodgrain. Other than that, may I suggest a RatpadzGS?
 
M0rph3us said:
Use a wood surface if available. I've never had a problem with any optical mouse tracking over woodgrain. Other than that, may I suggest a RatpadzGS?
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Thankfully, my desk is made of wood :cool:

It's working fine as of this post. Then again, there are times when the mouse would work fine on its mouse pad ... further screwing-with is needed :)
 
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