My new mouse is skittish

[wedge22]

I have got myself a new optical mouse but in games it appears to be a little skittish and will just go where it wants any ideas why this is

[adeypius]

check for dirt on optics - feet
update driver from website

[wedge22]

Tried both of those ideas already mate..

[SilentDeath]

try it on a different surface.. red = aviod. same with glass.. best is either wood, non-red/clear plastic or some kind of optical-designed mouse mat

[Anders]

Could be a dodgy mouse mat?

A longer shot, can you set the resolution that the mouse sees, the dots per inch?

The make of the mouse and the OS you are using might help someone find the solution.

[SilentDeath]

opticals afaik cant be chaneged, programmed in the firmware in it... wot mouse is it btw?

turn off windows mouse accelleration
exit/uninstall any mouse utility/driver apps
adjust the sensiitivty till its how u like it
stick some mouseskatz on the bottom of mouse
also turn off hardware cursors for ur gfx card (wont affect the mouse, but makes higher/smoother fps in dx games)

[pmk24]

also usb or ps2?

[3Dfx]

most opticals r usb... so id guess hes a usb... prolly logitech...all guesses

[shiato storm]

dodgy mouse? put it in a cage...!

sorry- needed a humour injection

[wedge22]

it is a usb mouse with a 800dpi and it is a german make all aluminium with a blue led in the mouse wheel

[Spritzup]

Get rid of it and get an MX700

[SilentDeath]

no, they rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishe. boomslang 2k1 all the way.

[Spritzup]

Are you on crack? The MX-700 rocks

[Stoo]

I've owned both, the MX700 wipes the floor with the boomslang.

[shiato storm]

i use a simple microshaft optical mouse. does the job.

[bleeder4]

The MX700 improved my UT2003 performane no end. I'd recommend them to anyone.
They're also damn sexy and seem to fit the shape of my hand perfectly