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Mouse Cuts out when on keyboard tray?

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satindemon4u

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Hey guys. Wondering if it is my mouse itself or if it's the keyboard tray and getting a new mouse wont fix this. Here we go!...

I bought a computer desk at Wal-Mart a few weeks ago. The top is glass. The legs are metal and so is the slide out keyboard/mouse tray. If I set my mouse pad and mouse on the slide out tray then the mouse will cut out pretty bad. It just becomes non-responsive here and there. If I set it on the glass, it's perfectly fine.

What gives?

The mouse is a logitech M510 wireless
 
The metal tray might be interfering the wireless signal. If the receiver is plugged into the back of your computer try moving it to the front. Or you may have to buy a USB extension cable so you can preposition the receiver closer to the mouse on the tray. I've had to use a piece of double sided tape to mount the receiver directly on the top of the tray before when using desks with metal keyboard trays.
 
newtekie1 said:
The metal tray might be interfering the wireless signal. If the receiver is plugged into the back of your computer try moving it to the front. Or you may have to buy a USB extension cable so you can preposition the receiver closer to the mouse on the tray. I've had to use a piece of double sided tape to mount the receiver directly on the top of the tray before when using desks with metal keyboard trays.
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I tried moving the receiver from the back of the PC to the front and that did no go. If I were to buy a wired mouse, would that fix my issue?
 
More than likely.
 
newtekie1 said:
The metal tray might be interfering the wireless signal. If the receiver is plugged into the back of your computer try moving it to the front. Or you may have to buy a USB extension cable so you can preposition the receiver closer to the mouse on the tray. I've had to use a piece of double sided tape to mount the receiver directly on the top of the tray before when using desks with metal keyboard trays.
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+1

It would be ion's cheaper, and you would be able to continue using one, my favorite, of the best wireless mouses on ze Planet!!

:toast:
 
I may give that a go then. I do have both an extension and some double sided tape!
 
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