Mousey keybounce...

SteamWake · 01-18-10, 01:45 PM

I dont know if you guys remember 'keybounce' but it was a problem with early PC's where the computer would 'scan' the keyboard for input so fast that one press of the key would end up entering three or four charecterssss.

http://www.geeknews.net/2007/03/15/w...week-keybounce

Well now my USB mouse has a keybounce behaviour on the left click button. Where a single click ends up being a double click. Has lead to some double posting attemps

woops sorry mods.

I vaguely remember a clock or timing setting for a mouse but since its on a USB bus I dont see that being an option.

I tried changing the two click speed in the mouse settings with no change.

Any suggestions other than replacing the mouse?

Buddahaid · 01-18-10, 02:36 PM

The switch is going bad.

EDIT: Far too much posting on SubSim!

Arclight · 01-18-10, 03:59 PM

Cool, learned something.

Can't think of anything else than replacing the mouse though, sorry.

Tweety · 01-18-10, 04:14 PM

Interesting news SteamWake,

Thanks for sharing this information.
Learn something new every day.

Tweety

SteamWake · 01-18-10, 05:38 PM

heh to tell my age..

I remember one of the first programs you would load on a TRS80 would be "debounce.exe"

Off a cassette tape

Coding was a nightmare without it

Oh well Ill live with it till next month. Power bills this month are outrageous after a 12 day record setting cold snap.

Arclight · 01-18-10, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Coding was a nightmare without it

I can only imagine.

Keybounce, or: how I learned to make 1ms keystrokes.

Reece · 01-18-10, 07:01 PM

If your so inclined, get hold of some electrical contact cleaner, and plug in the spray nozzle/tube, pull the mouse apart and spray tightly around the switch push button, in 90% of cases this works well!!

BTW, this spray is also good for cleaning potentiometers (volume controls), when you vary the knob and you hear a scratchy sound (turning responds erratically)!

SteamWake · 01-20-10, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reece

If your so inclined, get hold of some electrical contact cleaner, and plug in the spray nozzle/tube, pull the mouse apart and spray tightly around the switch push button, in 90% of cases this works well!!

BTW, this spray is also good for cleaning potentiometers (volume controls), when you vary the knob and you hear a scratchy sound (turning responds erratically)!

LOL know what I got some pot cleaner out back in the shack... problem is this mousey dont come apart without a hammer.... if you get my drift

Reece · 01-20-10, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

LOL know what I got some pot cleaner out back in the shack... problem is this mousey dont come apart without a hammer.... if you get my drift

Yes!!

New mouse!!

01-18-10, 01:45 PM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mousey keybounce... I dont know if you guys remember 'keybounce' but it was a problem with early PC's where the computer would 'scan' the keyboard for input so fast that one press of the key would end up entering three or four charecterssss. http://www.geeknews.net/2007/03/15/w...week-keybounce Well now my USB mouse has a keybounce behaviour on the left click button. Where a single click ends up being a double click. Has lead to some double posting attemps woops sorry mods. I vaguely remember a clock or timing setting for a mouse but since its on a USB bus I dont see that being an option. I tried changing the two click speed in the mouse settings with no change. Any suggestions other than replacing the mouse? __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

01-18-10, 03:59 PM	#3
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Cool, learned something. Can't think of anything else than replacing the mouse though, sorry. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

01-18-10, 05:38 PM	#5
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	heh to tell my age.. I remember one of the first programs you would load on a TRS80 would be "debounce.exe" Off a cassette tape Coding was a nightmare without it Oh well Ill live with it till next month. Power bills this month are outrageous after a 12 day record setting cold snap. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

01-18-10, 07:01 PM	#7
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,804 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	If your so inclined, get hold of some electrical contact cleaner, and plug in the spray nozzle/tube, pull the mouse apart and spray tightly around the switch push button, in 90% of cases this works well!! BTW, this spray is also good for cleaning potentiometers (volume controls), when you vary the knob and you hear a scratchy sound (turning responds erratically)! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

01-18-10, 02:36 PM	#2
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,570 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	The switch is going bad. EDIT: Far too much posting on SubSim!

01-18-10, 04:14 PM	#4
Tweety Planesman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 188 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Interesting news SteamWake, Thanks for sharing this information. Learn something new every day. Tweety