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mouse cord interference

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  • 28-04-2007 9:07pm
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    Illkillya
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭


    What's the best way to get rid of mouse cord interference? It drives me mad when I feel any friction from the mouse cord. I need something along the lines of the mouse bungee - mb2.jpg or wireweights - 0,1425,i=107460,00.jpg

    At the moment I have the mouse cord wrapped around a CD spindle, 1/4 of the way up the spindle, so that it can spin, but it has 15 CD's on top of it so it doesn't spin easily. Not a bad solution, but could do better. I know I could get a wireless mouse but I hate them too ;)


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    pull up the slack and selotape it to the desk, no need for expensive bungies.


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,559 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    as cremo says, in work I have all the slack pulled up to the desk edge and then used a velcro pad on the desk to stick the wire too (with it's own piece of velcro). All the play is then available to you. When travelling I have a travel mouse they winds in and out, but it isn't great.

    At home have gone laser/cordless and couldn't go back..


    hmmm, the endless possibilities of velcro, there could be a thread in that.


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Blu-tac is the right stuff for keeping those annoying cables at bay!


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    DonalN
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    em...get a wireless mouse....


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    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    I'll have to go with DonalN on this one. Take a trip to the 21st Century and get yourselves wireless mice :rolleyes:


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,559 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    I don't game myself, but I understand that wireless mice are generally no good for it?


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    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    yeah you can get slight delays and when under fire it can be damaging if not fatal


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    Smellyirishman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭Smellyirishman


    copacetic wrote:
    I don't game myself, but I understand that wireless mice are generally no good for it?

    Not true, been using wireless mice for a long time now and I still own. :D


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    Illkillya
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Illkillya


    Wireless mice have batteries in them which makes the mouse heavier. This is fine for a normal computer user, but I have in the past been addicted to Quake and need to squeeze every tiny advantage I can out of the setup. It doesn't matter as much in other games, but the slightest interference can make a big difference in Quake, particularly with the lightning gun.


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