laser mouse sucks on woodgrain

**dubstar** · February 25th, 2003

i got a new computer desk, and its woodgrain makes the sensor in my mouse go crazy and it sends the mouse different places on the screen other than intended.

any around the house products i can use until i can get a lazer mouse mad??

paul2-0-0-2 · February 25th, 2003

magazine

**Hipster Doofus** · February 25th, 2003

Whatever you do........don't be like this looser.

**dubstar** · February 25th, 2003

that was pretty great. i like those (obviously scripted) idiotic type people. A+!

ps: i ended up just folding a piece of printer paper in half, and taping it down. now i can doodle using my customizable laser mouse pad!

cruiser78 · February 25th, 2003

LOL... that's one stupid guy

**sboulema** · February 25th, 2003

me just uses a normal mousepad, works great

February 25th, 2003

here comes the science bit.........

your optical mouse is a camera so to speak and looks for bumps in the surface it lays on to navigate about and i suppose woodgrain disrupts it cuz its in lines

anyway dont use mice they carry diseases

**Nick M** · February 25th, 2003

That's basically it. I can't use mine on wood either, in photoshop, it kills me

Mousepad time!

**Taurus** · February 25th, 2003

paper works fine.

February 25th, 2003

If you read the manual it would have said something along the lines of: "Don't use mouse of shiny, grainy or similiar surfaces. use a white piece of paper." (White for obvious reasons).

**Krux** · February 25th, 2003

mine said right on the box does not trck well on dar or wood surfaces

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dubstar format c: Joined: December 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,358 Reputation: 50 Power: 125	laser mouse sucks on woodgrain i got a new computer desk, and its woodgrain makes the sensor in my mouse go crazy and it sends the mouse different places on the screen other than intended. any around the house products i can use until i can get a lazer mouse mad?? QuistPro: 13" macbook pro. mid 2009. 10.6.4 box360: xbox 360 elite apple airport extreme / fios / 10mb/2mb retired: nerdBox: a7n8x-d / xp pro / 2800 athlon xp quistBox: xbox 1.6b / 250g / xenium ice mod-chip quistServ: dell pEdge 600sc / 2k3 blackthorne: dell e1505 / mce / 1.83 duo iQuist: White 3g iPhone / 16g / jailbroken / unlocked TMobile quistMobile: tmobile mda quistMobile2: htc g1

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Hipster Doofus Good grief Charlie Brown Joined: May 2002 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 5,920 Reputation: 560 Power: 183	Whatever you do........don't be like this looser. Pentium 4 2.6ghz 400mhz @ 3.07ghz 472mhz / Gigabyte GA-8IHXP v2.1 / RAMBUS PC 800 768mb / Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256mb / 2 x Maxtor 80gb ATA133 DiamondMax, RAID0 :: 1 x Western Digital 7200 40gb / Liteon DVD-RW Dual Layer SOHW-1633S @ 1653S / Liteon 52x24x52 CD-RW LTR-52246S / Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Fan / Antec TruePower 480w / RD3XP Gladiator Rounded Cables

February 25th, 2003	Top \| #4
dubstar format c: Joined: December 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,358 Reputation: 50 Power: 125	loser.wav that was pretty great. i like those (obviously scripted) idiotic type people. A+! ps: i ended up just folding a piece of printer paper in half, and taping it down. now i can doodle using my customizable laser mouse pad! QuistPro: 13" macbook pro. mid 2009. 10.6.4 box360: xbox 360 elite apple airport extreme / fios / 10mb/2mb retired: nerdBox: a7n8x-d / xp pro / 2800 athlon xp quistBox: xbox 1.6b / 250g / xenium ice mod-chip quistServ: dell pEdge 600sc / 2k3 blackthorne: dell e1505 / mce / 1.83 duo iQuist: White 3g iPhone / 16g / jailbroken / unlocked TMobile quistMobile: tmobile mda quistMobile2: htc g1

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cruiser78 Me Joined: July 2002 Posts: 235 Reputation: 0 Power: 120	LOL... that's one stupid guy

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XP Abuser Unregistered Posts: n/a	here comes the science bit......... your optical mouse is a camera so to speak and looks for bumps in the surface it lays on to navigate about and i suppose woodgrain disrupts it cuz its in lines anyway dont use mice they carry diseases

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Nick M OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Posts: 3,961 Reputation: 370 Power: 159	That's basically it. I can't use mine on wood either, in photoshop, it kills me Mousepad time!

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Taurus hardware monkey Joined: May 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 3,206 Reputation: 90 Power: 151	paper works fine.

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ZipTriX Unregistered Posts: n/a	If you read the manual it would have said something along the lines of: "Don't use mouse of shiny, grainy or similiar surfaces. use a white piece of paper." (White for obvious reasons).

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Krux Nissan Powered Joined: April 2002 Posts: 1,649 Reputation: 30 Power: 137	mine said right on the box does not trck well on dar or wood surfaces