Dutchyboy Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Hey guys, hope you can help me. My computer specs are as follows: CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 8MB L2 Cache 64-bit CD: SONY DUAL FORMAT 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER HDD: Single Hard Drive 320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD KEYBOARD: Logitech PS/2 Keyboard MOUSE: Logitech S96 Optical PS2 Mouse MONITOR: Samsung SM920N 19" 8MS TFT LCD MONITOR 1280x1024 MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core Supports) EVGA nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium POWERSUPPLY: Tagan 700W TG700-U25 Dual Engine SLI Ready Power Supply SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIOSPEAKERS: Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 Configuration Speakers System VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express Video Card When playing Oblivion, my mouse sometimes goes haywire - without me doing anything, it "jumps" from one place to the next. Obviously, if it happens during play, it means the camera moves suddenly somewhere else, which is a very annoying and inconveniant. Sometimes play is smooth, other times it jumps around. As I've got Vista, this might just be a Vista problem, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a solution or work-around? Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramul Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 By 'jump', you mean instantaneous movement, rather than a slow drift? What sort of surface is it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchyboy Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 By 'jump', you mean instantaneous movement, rather than a slow drift? What sort of surface is it on? Yeah, instantaneous movement. It will be in one place, and then another. Sometimes I lose all control and the left and right mouse buttons act without me clicking on them. For example, if I'm holding a bow, the camera will suddenly move somewhere else, draw an arrow and then fire - all without me doing anything. As for the surface, I've tried multiple mouse mats and my desk surface- all with the same problem. I've also used three different mice - with the same results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tessera Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 I've been telling people on various forums to avoid Vista until the end of this year. I'm not sure if it's related to your problems with Oblivion or not, but the fact remains that any major new release from MicroSloth is almost guaranteed to be loaded with bugs, legal issues, incompatibility problems and well, you name it -- and it's bound to be fubar. Since I personally don't use Vista (and won't for quite some time), I can't really give any better advice than that. If the game was running fine on your previous OS, but is no longer running fine on Vista, then that is where your problem is coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchyboy Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 I've been telling people on various forums to avoid Vista until the end of this year. I'm not sure if it's related to your problems with Oblivion or not, but the fact remains that any major new release from MicroSloth is almost guaranteed to be loaded with bugs, legal issues, incompatibility problems and well, you name it -- and it's bound to be fubar. Since I personally don't use Vista (and won't for quite some time), I can't really give any better advice than that. If the game was running fine on your previous OS, but is no longer running fine on Vista, then that is where your problem is coming from. I'm inclined to agree with you. I've just noticed that the same thing happens occasionally on the Vista desktop - Oblivion seems to exacerbate it. Looks like I'm going to be waiting a long time for either Microsoft, Bethesda or Logitech to release patches and new drivers - whoever is causing it. Yay. UPDATE To my absolute amazement, it appears the problem wasn't Microsoft's, but nVidias. I was using PS/2 mice in conjunction with my nVidia 8800GTX - which apparently cause conflicts. Used a USB mouse, and voila, problem solved. I've managed to solve the issue on my own, but thanks for your help and suggestions, people. It's appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tessera Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 UPDATE To my absolute amazement, it appears the problem wasn't Microsoft's, but nVidias. I was using PS/2 mice in conjunction with my nVidia 8800GTX - which apparently cause conflicts. Used a USB mouse, and voila, problem solved. I've managed to solve the issue on my own, but thanks for your help and suggestions, people. It's appreciated. Were you using the same mouse and video card in your previous OS..? Or just in Vista..? I'm asking because I'm curious as to whether or not that mouse and video card were working okay in WinXP. I'm not lookinjg to prove any points, I'm actually just gathering up whatever bug info I can get from Vista users. It helps me to understand their questions better, since I don't use Vista myself. In any case, a PS/2 mouse shouldn't normally have any conflicts with your SLI video bus. If it did, then I suspect that the actual cause is coming from somewhere else. Switching mice may have made it work for ya, but that doesn't mean that the problem was fixed... you simply bypassed it, by plugging into a different port. It could still very well be a problem with Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchyboy Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 UPDATE To my absolute amazement, it appears the problem wasn't Microsoft's, but nVidias. I was using PS/2 mice in conjunction with my nVidia 8800GTX - which apparently cause conflicts. Used a USB mouse, and voila, problem solved. I've managed to solve the issue on my own, but thanks for your help and suggestions, people. It's appreciated. Were you using the same mouse and video card in your previous OS..? Or just in Vista..? I'm asking because I'm curious as to whether or not that mouse and video card were working okay in WinXP. I'm not lookinjg to prove any points, I'm actually just gathering up whatever bug info I can get from Vista users. It helps me to understand their questions better, since I don't use Vista myself. In any case, a PS/2 mouse shouldn't normally have any conflicts with your SLI video bus. If it did, then I suspect that the actual cause is coming from somewhere else. Switching mice may have made it work for ya, but that doesn't mean that the problem was fixed... you simply bypassed it, by plugging into a different port. It could still very well be a problem with Vista. Perhaps you're right. However, my graphics card is new- I've just bought a new rig. I tried Oblivion on XP but with 64mb video memory - which was amusing, to say the least, lots of lag and slow down, but no actual mouse problem as I've experienced with the new card (700+ mb video memory) and Vista. I looked up a couple of other forums to see whether it was a non-Oblivion problem, and it turns out that the sort of problems I was experiencing were known issues with the card. Presumably, once nVidia get their act together, new drivers allowing PS/2 mice should be released. To tell you the truth, Vista is actually reasonably stable - compared to the disaster that was XP when it was released. Then again, I bought my PC with Vista pre-installed (I reckoned that I'd let someone else go through the hell of installing it)- I expect people upgrading from XP to Vista on the same machine with have a lot more problems then I'm having. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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