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First post, by 21603

Posted on 2019-06-26, 06:38

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I've noticed recently with my 486 using a Microsoft Serial Mouse (pictured) that horizontal scrolling isn't smooth like vertical, it seems to jump or stutter and in lower resolution games it looks like it skips a pixel. I'm wondering if this is a hardware issue with the mouse or possibly the LCD monitor I'm using at the moment or just a driver issue. I'm using the mouse driver that comes with Phil's DOS start-up kit (CuteMouse) with the default settings.

Reply 1 of 6, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2019-06-26, 07:01

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Try giving the rollers a clean.

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Reply 2 of 6, by 21603

Posted on 2019-06-26, 07:52

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Caluser2000 wrote:
Try giving the rollers a clean.

Clean rollers. Also happens when I manipulate the roller without the ball.

Reply 3 of 6, by 21603

Posted on 2019-06-30, 07:08

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Just tested the mouse on my Pentium II with Windows 98 and it won't recognise it. Serial ports are activated in BIOS and present in Windows, but no detection.

I also tried it in MS-DOS mode with the CuteMouse driver and it detects it as a mouse on COM1, but as a Mouse Systems Mode not Microsoft Mode. It also doesn't work in DOS mode.

Reply 4 of 6, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2019-06-30, 07:21

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Bit odd. They an older MS mouse driver and see what happens. I've had the odd mouse cutemouse didn't play nice with. It saying the the mouse is quite old from the early 90s, nice they are too. Have you taken the bottem off to see if anything has gone array?

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Reply 5 of 6, by 21603

Posted on 2019-07-10, 06:27

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I seem to have fixed the issue by buying this:

I guess the roller on the other one is damaged in some way.

Reply 6 of 6, by hwh

Posted on 2019-07-10, 15:14

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I had a bad horizontal scrolling issue with a serial mouse the other day. Mice are very simple. Cleaning it didn't help. I opened it, got a wet cotton swab and carefully cleaned the infared wheels, sensors, emitters. Then I connected it and gave the rollers a good whirl with my finger.

Could be dust, could be the roller shaft just not moving smoothly in its cradle. But there's only so much that can go wrong.

Anyway, it works fine again.

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