Wireless mouse and keyboard problem

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:11:00 +1200 "Eric Stevens"
wrote in article
After a process of elimination I decided the problem was network
interference. The wireless USB dongle for the keyboard/mouse has
traditionally been plugged into a socket about 1.5m (5') from the
keyboard. Eventually, as a trial, I plugged it into a USB socket in
the side of one of my screens, about 300mm (1') away from the
keyboard. Problem now seems to be solved.


Do you have USB3 devices attached? A hub perhaps? I have experienced
severe interference with my cordless (Logitech) mouse when USB3 gadgets
are in use. Plugging the receiver into a motherboard USB port cleared
everything up.

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:50:16 -0400, Jason
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:11:00 +1200 "Eric Stevens"
wrote in article
After a process of elimination I decided the problem was network
interference. The wireless USB dongle for the keyboard/mouse has
traditionally been plugged into a socket about 1.5m (5') from the
keyboard. Eventually, as a trial, I plugged it into a USB socket in
the side of one of my screens, about 300mm (1') away from the
keyboard. Problem now seems to be solved.


Do you have USB3 devices attached? A hub perhaps? I have experienced
severe interference with my cordless (Logitech) mouse when USB3 gadgets
are in use. Plugging the receiver into a motherboard USB port cleared
everything up.

My external drives are USB3. I have an external USB3 Hub/card reader
but those don't seem to part of the trouble. All I did was get the
dongle/receiver close to the keyboard and mouse. It's too soon to be
absolutely certain but that seems to have solved the problem.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 19/08/2017 13:55, Wolf K wrote:
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I prefer Bluetooth for mice and keyboards.

I don't doubt that, but .....

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On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 08:55:05 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2017-08-18 22:42, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:50:16 -0400, Jason
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:11:00 +1200 "Eric Stevens"
wrote in article
After a process of elimination I decided the problem was network
interference. The wireless USB dongle for the keyboard/mouse has
traditionally been plugged into a socket about 1.5m (5') from the
keyboard. Eventually, as a trial, I plugged it into a USB socket in
the side of one of my screens, about 300mm (1') away from the
keyboard. Problem now seems to be solved.


Do you have USB3 devices attached? A hub perhaps? I have experienced
severe interference with my cordless (Logitech) mouse when USB3 gadgets
are in use. Plugging the receiver into a motherboard USB port cleared
everything up.

My external drives are USB3. I have an external USB3 Hub/card reader
but those don't seem to part of the trouble. All I did was get the
dongle/receiver close to the keyboard and mouse. It's too soon to be
absolutely certain but that seems to have solved the problem.

I prefer Bluetooth for mice and keyboards.

I bought a Microsoft Bluetooth keyboard and mouse a few days ago. It
was a pleasure to a keyboard which typed what I typed and a mouse
which was connected to the cursor by a rod of iron: until they stopped
working.

Have you ever tried doing a ctrl-C or shutting down a computer
without the aid of a keyboard or mouse? All I could do was turn it
off. I hate just turning off a computer. Even with W10 you never know
what it is that you are going to get back when you turn it on.

My machine wobbled a bit the second time it happened and that was the
point at which I had the idea of relocating the dongle for the
original wireless keyboard and mouse. Just that simple change seems to
have solved the problem so I now have a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse
to spare.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 08:55:05 -0400 "Wolf K" wrote
in article
I prefer Bluetooth for mice and keyboards

I believe the Logitech cordless mice & keyboards use Bluetooth.
But it's all RF - if USB3 is spewing wideband crap it'll affect
everything.

Jason wrote:
On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 08:55:05 -0400 "Wolf K" wrote
in article
I prefer Bluetooth for mice and keyboards

I believe the Logitech cordless mice & keyboards use Bluetooth.
But it's all RF - if USB3 is spewing wideband crap it'll affect
everything.

There's a backgrounder here, for more info on USB3 interference.

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www...ence-paper.pdf

It's hard to say why Intel released that to the public. Intel
always has a strategy up their sleeve.

Paul

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 21:24:00 -0400, Jason
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 08:55:05 -0400 "Wolf K" wrote
in article
I prefer Bluetooth for mice and keyboards

I believe the Logitech cordless mice & keyboards use Bluetooth.
But it's all RF - if USB3 is spewing wideband crap it'll affect
everything.

Most of them are still 2.4GHz, at least they are in the local shops.
But you are right USB3 might have been the cause of my Bluetooth woes.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

Eric Stevens wrote:

Have you ever tried doing a ctrl-C or shutting down a computer
without the aid of a keyboard or mouse? All I could do was turn it
off. I hate just turning off a computer.

So briefly touch, rather than press and hold, the power button ... if it
was hung to the point that it couldn't shutdown cleanly then a
keyboard/mouse wouldn't help anyway.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:17:24 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

Have you ever tried doing a ctrl-C or shutting down a computer
without the aid of a keyboard or mouse? All I could do was turn it
off. I hate just turning off a computer.

So briefly touch, rather than press and hold, the power button ... if it
was hung to the point that it couldn't shutdown cleanly then a
keyboard/mouse wouldn't help anyway.

The computer hadn't hung in the conventional sense. It was just that I
had lost the ability to either control or communicate with it.

I turned it off by touching and holding the power button for 5
seconds. That doesn't always lead to an orderly shut down of the
operating system.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens