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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-22 04:39:09
April 15 2012 17:30 GMT
#1
SOLUTION
On July 29 2012 08:30 atuor wrote:
A non-restart fix is ending the process razerhid.exe from task manager.


This worked perfectly for me-- thanks for the tip. I'll edit this into the OP.





So, I've never had any problems with my Razer Deathadder until today. I noticed that the cursor woudl periodically freeze for about half a second every 5 seconds or so. I tried moving it to a different USB port and updating the firmware and driver, to no avail. Eventually, I noticed that the lights on my mouse are blinking as though I'm unplugging it and plugging it back in, and that this coincides with the cursor freezes. It would appear that somehow the mouse thinks it's being unplugged and plugged back in.

Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas on how to fix it?



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Thanks for the help.

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DannyJ
Profile Joined March 2010
United States5110 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-15 17:34:45
April 15 2012 17:33 GMT
#2
I'm not sure what causes it, but i got this exact same problem after i plugged in a different mouse to use with other games. When I'd put my DA back in it would do that. I had to restart my computer to fix it. Maybe it has to do with other mouse drivers or something?
Cycle
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States300 Posts
April 15 2012 17:35 GMT
#3
5/5 another amazing blazinghand troll blog
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
April 15 2012 17:38 GMT
#4
On April 16 2012 02:35 Cycle wrote:
5/5 another amazing blazinghand troll blog


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Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
April 15 2012 18:15 GMT
#5
Well, I googled it and found some other people who had the same problem, but no solutions, just a, "My mouse fixed itself". I didn't look that hard though, so there might be something somewhere.

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling all the drivers?
Did this happen after doing anything specific or unusual?

I don't know that much, so probably someone else could help better.
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HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
April 15 2012 18:36 GMT
#6
When it goes unresponsive and blinks a bit...that's when it's adding the death, yup.

Could it be an issue with the DPI switch? That sounds like a good explanation to me.
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uoeahtns
Profile Joined February 2012
52 Posts
April 15 2012 20:12 GMT
#7
I've had the exact same problem. It occasionally arises, I would estimate about once every few weeks. Restarting the computer fixes the problem nowadays, but the first time I had to re-install the driver.
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
April 15 2012 20:41 GMT
#8
OK so I uninstalled the driver/firmware and reinstalled it and now things seem to be ok.
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p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-15 20:51:07
April 15 2012 20:50 GMT
#9
You'll get more help from Tech Support so I'm moving it there.

Nvm if the problem is fixed all is well.
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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13403 Posts
April 15 2012 21:19 GMT
#10
I had the same problem

Uninstall the driver and it should work fine however you won't be able to run a custom dpi or anything
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johnnywup
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3858 Posts
April 15 2012 21:43 GMT
#11
I have the same problem but I think its just my usb drive being shitty.
sieksdekciw
Profile Joined April 2012
240 Posts
April 15 2012 22:47 GMT
#12
I have the exact same mouse and had the exact same problem. I was playing on a laptop and it would from time to time blink and I would lose control for a sec or two. What I thought was the problem was insufficient power to the usb port (all 4 of my laptop were taken) . So I tried it on my PC and had no problem. However, it seems that playing on lowe dpi on the laptop seems to fix this problem. My suggestion is to try power dpi.
Zombo Joe
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada850 Posts
June 03 2012 18:43 GMT
#13
Sorry to bump this thread but I uninstalled the driver and it worked like ZeromuS said. Many thanks.

Does this mean razer's drivers are shit?
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
June 04 2012 03:26 GMT
#14
On June 04 2012 03:43 Zombo Joe wrote:
Sorry to bump this thread but I uninstalled the driver and it worked like ZeromuS said. Many thanks.

Does this mean razer's drivers are shit?


So the solution I eventually came up with was this: never plug in the Razer Deathadder while the computer is turned on. The driver gets stuck in some sort of scanning/recognize mode if this happens, and it basically flips out. If I plug in the mouse first, then turn the computer on, the driver starts and functions normally. If you have to unplug your mouse, you'll need to reboot the computer after plugging it in in order to get full functionality back.
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atuor
Profile Joined July 2010
United States83 Posts
July 28 2012 23:30 GMT
#15
A non-restart fix is ending the process razerhid.exe from task manager.
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
August 22 2012 04:38 GMT
#16
On July 29 2012 08:30 atuor wrote:
A non-restart fix is ending the process razerhid.exe from task manager.


This worked perfectly for me-- thanks for the tip. I'll edit this into the OP.
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