Intellimouse Explorer dead?

I was a little displeased with the Intellimouse Explorer's performance under Win 2K, and I was having problems with it jumping or buttons sticking in FPS games, so I downloaded the Intellipoint 3. 2 package and it helped a lot with OS operations and web surfing, but when playing games, after about 15 min, the mouse ...

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I was a little displeased with the Intellimouse Explorer's performance under Win 2K, and I was having problems with it jumping or buttons sticking in FPS games, so I downloaded the Intellipoint 3.2 package and it helped a lot with OS operations and web surfing, but when playing games, after about 15 min, the mouse would die. The lights on it would stay on, but no input. I would quit and reboot. Now after a reboot last night, no mouse at all. Not even any lights turn on. I tried both USB and PS/2 ports and still nothing. I'm just asking if anyone else has had this problem and if so is there a fix.
 
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I've had the same problem with the Intelli mouse w/ intelliEye.. it would flutter out every now and then. but i realized it was a hardware problem and had nothing to do with the software. You should return the mouse from where you got it , or , call microsoft. They sent me a brand new mouse free of any charge. So far i havent had any problems other that my overall disatisfaction of the mouse's shape and feel.
 
Good Luck, Sparkhard

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how long did it take for them to send you a new one? i have one sitting around that i wanted to return since it has a "lifetime warrantee" what did u have to do?
 
i had one quit on me too. my advice is dont use USB. it seems to screw them up royally. a couple of my friends bought them before i did, and theirs' still work fine, but i had 1 quit on me. me, the smart consumer, bought another one. it's been fine, except the wiring is bad, so it's taped to one side.

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Upon further inspection, it is the crappy, thin gauge cable that they used. If I tug on it a little the mouse will light up. Thanks for the info. Since I need my mouse and I can't wait around to get a new one, I may have to screw over Wal-Mart.

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dont be dissing on wal-mart man i work for them, well did as a part time job so go ahead and screw em. I use my Intellimouse explorer on my USB port and I havent had any problems other than the software not liking win whistler. By far the best mouse ive ever bought.

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tell you what tho, i used to have a razer boomslang, the shoddy'st peice of crap i ever bought, its unsightly, un-comfortable, its buttons are too sensative, and to big, the mouse wheel clicks like the really old mouse wheels you used to get with the PS/2 or Com intelli-mice, (they clicked like fek)