Wireless Mouse Stuttering - Sort Out The Signal 

In this day and age, WE DESERVE BETTER than USB dongles

I was so frustrated my keyboard and mouse stop working after I rearranged my office. I changed battery and restarted my computer, I was ready to throw all out the window and order new set. I took a break and look up RU-vid to see if there’s any chance I can fix it. I came across your video and luckily I have an old cable on hand. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! You just save me $100 on a new set of my fav Wave keyboard. THANK YOU 😊

Thank you so much. I was going to buy another wireless mouse thinking that mine was faulty. You explained the reason very well!👏🏻

I moved it from a USB3 port to a USB2 port and it seems to have fixed the issue!!! Thank you!!

Short and to the point. Just rearranged my dongles to my external usb hubs and currently testing. Thank you for a clear answer!!!

Can't thank you enough, I was losing my mind with all the stupid options suggested in google (which you mentioned yourself) Awesome video, awesome channel, thank you so much.

Hey man. Great video! Thanks. Gotta love the single-take videos! Im having these issues occasionally as my battery starts dying on me. I have to agree with you 100%, seems like a signal issue!

this video deserves more love than it gets...thank you

Why isn't there a love button on RU-vid? This video deserves a love, not a like. It certainly worked for me just by moving the dongle to the other side of my laptop. Simple as that but I had never given it a thought until I saw this. It was definitely signal interference because I had plugged an HDMI to VGA adapter on that side. Thanks for the great advice.

Seemed to be so far apart for me.. thanks man I learned something new from this video

The glass table is not helping, since the RF signal will have more trouble going trough it vs a wood table. Also, a aluminium computer case can degrade the signal from your dongles, so a extension is a must to keep them away. Don't get a USB hub made of aluminium, because you are keeping the dongle close to the problem. Just get a plastic hub.

Straight to the freaking point. Thanks a lot.

Thank You! I Had Bought 3 Mouses And Had This Problem With 3 Of Them, Im SO Excited To Have Them Working Again.

Right ON! All I did was Move the mouse to the left of the keyboard and closer to the desk top and Voila!. Thanks!

I have no idea what else you are going to say in the video, but the second you mentioned wifi dongle it dawned on me, my USB dongle is inches from my wifi router. Moved the USB to the front of the case, and my mouse issue has gone away. (Was stuttery/lagging) good video lol

using a USB extension cable fixed the issue for me, Thanks a lot man

Dude, that was amazing. It was killing me for days and I thought that batteries are dead all the time. In reality I moved usb hub behind laptop and that was the reason. Cheers

using the male to female usb port and keeping it closer to the moUSE worked for me thanks! ALOT IT WAS WORTH THE EFFORT

this is what I`m thinking, like why do I need to fix my computer if it`s a mouse problem. straight to the point nice video!

Helpful and straight to the point. Thanks :D

Bang on chap; this issue is usually exasperated when there's high WiFi traffic.

I had this problem and nothing worked to fix it until I started holding the mouse closer to the dongle. It’s irritating but I think the reason why is because my local network has the 2.4 ghz band polluted by a lot of smart home device chatter (Nanoleaf is the biggest offender). I think the further away I was, the more signal interference I had.

seems like it solved the problem for me! my wireless mouse came with an USB extension to get the receptor closer, but I thought it was stupid to use haha thanks a lot

Would this work if I put the little receiver in a usb 2 extension cord that runs into my usb 3 hub, which runs into my usb 3 on my laptop? Or should I put it directly into the usb 2 extension cord which plugs into my laptop's usb 3 port

I moved it from the far side to the near side of my laptop (which drives my tv across the room) and that seemed to work great. As soon as I saw your video I thought "of course", but I needed you to tickle the brain cells for me. It's so easy to just forget how all our miracle devices really work. Thanks for the valued advice.

I have a g pro wirless and this fucking stuttering issue fucked with me for a bit. Tried everything to fix it and I mean EVERYTHING. What I figured out was that the the 2.4ghz signals from my wifi router were fucking with g pro receiver. For anyone who hasn't solved their problem yet. Try keeping your router as far as possible from your g pro receiver. Also make sure you use your mouse with all wifi and bluetooth shit around you turned off to test if your problem is the same as mine. Maybe your problem is a logictech gaming software or polling rate etc related problem.

Bringing the dongle closer seems to have helped. Thank you kindly.

Thank you simple and brilliant. A small extension got the transmitter away from the interferences caused by the computer fixed my problem after tryin 3 different keyboard/mice

Thank you so much for a clear and concise explanation. I will try this out!

What's facts when it comes to NOT using peripherals like mouse (and wireless radio mice), BT-mice, keyboards, USB-microphones (like the Yeti), USB-midi keyboard etc in USB 3.1, 3.2 or the USB ports that gives a bit more power (to charge stutff). I moved some cables around to other usb-ports and started getting stutter with the mouse. The RF dongle is not located more than about 4 cm from the old port. Is this really a question of RF problem / distance to mouse? It feels more like the usb-ports are serial (?) and will interfere data from each other? If so, its really bad I guess... Having the Asus B450-F I dont have the absolutely fines motherboard, but getting stutter and lag just by switching ports...that feels a bit awkward. Thanks for the video, btw!

This solution has really helped me so much. I put it onto a USB adaptor that is within touching distance of the mouse and literally makes it a thousand times better

Omfg you just saved my life dude. Bought a new Logitech mouse from Best Buy and it was jumpy as hell. Inserted the usb dongle into a usb hub and it completely stopped being jumpy

When I connect my wireless dongle to a usb 3.0 post and then connect a SSD/USB that is 3.2/3.0 my mouse starts stuttering if I move the dongle to another usb port away from my usb 3.0 devices mouse starts working

Wow. I can't believe it was this simple. Thank you so much! And double thanks for getting straight to the solution at the very start of the vid!!

The thing that solved it for me was very simple. I fucking moved my pc closer to where i used my mouse by just like 15 inches and magically all my problems were gone. I was about to pull my hair out trying to figure out why my games were stuttering i thought it was a vsync or gsync issue but no just fuckin move my pc closer to me

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This has been driving me crazy for months with a $100 mouse. This fixed it! :-)

Bro i may actually be retarded b/c this fixed it for me lol. Although my motherboard has been losing more and more USB ports that work. Idk wtf the issue is, i did a chipset reinstall to latest chipset that didn't help. Now i'm using a extender for usb. I'm not overdoing it either, i litearlly only have a headset, mouse, keyboard plugged in but it's saying i'm using too much resources for usb.

Switching to a USB extender cable has stopped my stuttering, the wireless receiver was at the back of my PC and I ran it closer underneath my PC just across where my mouse is used.

Usb 2 seems to have sorted it for me Edit: nevermind my dongle is just garbage interfering with the other one for the keyboard going to buy a wifi card for the pc so i can just use Bluetooth as it worked on my laptop

Ahhhhhhh yes I have RF interference… You can see I am screaming that's why I'm here. I have my USB 2 device plugged into the same port on an extension and the transmitter is 8 inches from my mouse Ahhhhh I never want to prove you wrong… Please help me… Mimosa stuttering with a mind of its own… Too often. Oh sure it works sometimes until the next stutter with the RF signal destroys my life… This is bad because I'm using 12 button programmable mice and I have 4 of them they're very expensive… Well the kind of worthless now just lost $800 down the tube… You have to save me

Smh...I moved my USB receiver from the 3.0 to 2.0 AND added a dongle and instantly my mouse issues were solved. THANK YOU!!

Two of my usb ports were having serious stuttering problems but the one port on its own on the other side was fine. Must be the 2.0 like you said

lol i completely thought the worst I was ready to fresh install windows.. but thank god i just dug deeper and kept searching for a possible fix. It seemed like my PC was stuttering but it was literally just the rf signal between my mouse and my receiver.. just having it on the front of the PC , opposed to the back, next to my wireless keyboard receiver it 100% works way better now. Thank you -- god bless you

Thanks!🤜🤛 After playing with settings and drivers you convinced me to go get a usb extension cord. I've been having this issue on my logitech mk220. The mouse / keyboard would begin not responding for a second while youtube is playing with no issues. Yes that's the RF not the CPU or sort of memory issues. Also attached my dongle to an long usb cable to keep it close enough to the mouse and keyboard ... wireless tech 😅

i solved my problem connecting my dell monitor in a usb 2.0 port, i have a wireless mouse and headset from logitech, and both were with connection problems. This solved to me because the monitor is very close to my mouse and headset and there are no usb 3.0 devices near. So i think its a combination of the two thinsg, keep the device near to the dongle and uses usb 2.0 on them, i say because if i connect my monitor on a usb 3.0 the problem come back, so its not only a rf signal problem

I've got this problem since buying gaming mouse 2.4,i tried to solved everything except reinstall windows and seems nothing really work out. Im using laptop and the receiver was close to mouse and it still happends till now

Thanks for it, it's working for me, and i just put the dongle to the front panel. (Razer Orchi v2)

I'm switching to blue tooth mouse, this RF interference issue is just too stupid. I have a blue tooth keyboard and it is working fine from the same position as my mouse.

omg im a dumbass, i just changed the port and now it doesn't stutter anymore

I disconnected my Xbox, which is nearby the mouse pad, and voila! mouse works perfectly.

thanks yeah. interference is everywhere so try different ports and cables and positions.

its nice idea. but i've also noticed the usb 3 thing issue.

I have same issue in surface pro 9 while using wireless mouse via usb c but when i use this mouse to any laptop who support usb 2 it works

Plugged the dongle into my keyboard usb, problem is solved cause its so close.

tudo certo, tirei da USB 3.0 e coloquei na 2.0

thank you, simple solution. I'm sorted now

Huge W just had to switch it from 3.0 to 2.0 and it worked

Can confirm worked for my logitech G304

U are absolutely right

Thanks! :) That was the case with my mouse ...

Worked like a charm

Wow! yes this makes sense for my reddragon cordless acting crazy randomly on a busy desk ... I'll try the dongle thing ... thank you

usb extender cable to get close to the wireless mouse might as well just go wired at that point

yeah, my notebook went dead 3 weeks ago and now i'm using desktop pc which was sit below my desk on the rightside of me and it sometimes stuttering like crazy. i'm pretty sure that it has nothing to do with driver or windows version as somebody suggest on forum.

can you help me with a stuttering blue tooth mouse

my mouse have 2 connection options 2.4ghz and bluetooth. 2.4ghz mode works perfect but i have this issue on my bluetooth mode and i wanna use bluetooth while not gaming because it uses less battery :(

Most common reason is the wifi is 2.4ghz and the mouse is 2.4ghz so the wifi Interfere With the mouse

Thats correct, I changed the wireless reciever to a port on the other side of the laptop and now it is closer to the mouse, it works perfectly now.

worked THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH

Very much appreciate this video! Deserves so much more.

yep. worked for me. thanks!

Thank you

Definitely RF interference for the most part, also the 2.4GHz signals, as well as bluetooth, on these wireless keyboards and mice is just as bad. I setup a mini PC behind my TV for gaming/streaming and immediately had connection problems on both devices, but mainly the keyboard. It would work about 2-3 feet away, but the keyboard I had to basically be right next to the TV. Finally connected it through the USB cable, and it worked but this defeats the purpose, and I'm not running a 20ft USB hanging from under my TV across the bedroom. I use a USB extension to charge different devices on my end table and decided to move the dongle for the keyboard out in front of the TV, and the issues went away. I then ordered 2 USB extensions I can secure to the bottom of the TV kind of like IR adapters. Hopefully this solves the issues entirely, but what a frustrating thing to find out after spending so much on the keyboard. It's a slim mechanical keyboard and works fantastic otherwise. They really need to start offering Beamforming for these devices as that would eliminate the interference with other devices. It's the same technology as a good router, so it's absolutely possible to implement. Your video is literally the only one that even describes the actual problem and happens to be the only solution I found that works. The internet is completely unhelpful otherwise.

I'm setup on the couch with everything running from my PC to my TV. I'm maybe 4ft away from the dongle. Never had an issue until I tried replacing my current mouse with a better one. Using a cheap WalMart Blackweb mouse that cost me approx $10 around 7 years ago. It's the only mouse that works properly for me. I cannot get the other ones to work properly.

Spot on!!!!!! Extention cable worked for me. Was having issues with my HTPC which is 10 feet across the room. I put ext usb cable on kb / mouse reciever (3ft cable just to get it away from the pc case). working well now! Thanks!!!

I'm very happy your video was as high up as it was. The simple act of moving the wireless receiver from a USB 3 port to a USB 2 port (next to keyboard/mouse PS/2 connector on mobo) fixed the problem! Not that it matters but I am using Corsair Ironclaw with the included wireless receiver.

My mouse and keyboard were jumping and not working right... All I did was a Disk Cleanup and Defrag with the Microsoft Tools and they both started working again. Of course my problem seemed to just come up out of nowhere.

I don't have USB2.0 at the rear of my PC case, all of them are USB3.0 but I have USB2.0 at the front. Best method will be plugging usb extension cable to front USB 2.0 port and then plugging dongle to the extension cable right ?

Great tips, much appreciated!

weird. Cause i have logitech's lightspeed g604, m2, g305 and they all worked perfectly fine until today. Out of nowhere my mouse started lagging. i dont think its jsut the distance cause nothing changed and i started having issues.

Hey so I am suing G Pro X and it doesn't happen when I am gaming but when I am watching RU-vid, my crossair just skips in to a random spot, is it only me?

I did not encounter this issue until i got mac which obviously did not made sense. My mouse receiver was about 1 meter away from the mouse and did never cause an issue with windows machine. Having said that after watching this video, i followed the recommendation of keeping the mouse and the receiver ( which is hooked to a usb extender ) closer to each other and since last 2 days i have not had any stuttering problem in Mac. Thanks for the useful video !

I got wireless keyboard and mouse a year or two ago and it worked perfectly. A few months ago I built a new computer and it worked perfectly. In the last few days the mouse is as skittery as a newborn calf. It works fine for a while and then goes into meltdown, sometimes jumping several inches across the screen. I have a USB extension lead and tried it, no signal at all - but the extension cable works for pulling pics off my phone and connecting to my cycling gps tracker. I've tried cleaning the laser under the mouse, updating the driver (Win tells me it's OK), changing it's batteries, changing mouse mat, changing USB ports that the receiver plugs to in the rear of the computer. Unfortunately I don't have a spare USB port on the front. Still looking for what else I can change.

thank you for the idea! going to test this out!

My mouse goes sideways all of a sudden while gaming and cant control it ? Receiver is no more than 30 cms from the mouse ?

Bro you're a genius. I removed all my other USB stuff and now it works fine.

Best tech guy!

I just got a model o wireless a few days ago. I had the same problem where my mouse had RF interference as well. The solution that wroked for me was plugging it in via my front panel USB port. I'm not sure if it was distance, or because my front panel is USB 3.0, but whatever happened it seems to work fine now.

Hey mate, I have insane PC stuttering and mouse stutter. I think it has to do with my receiver or my electrical ground. Any help would be nice thanks!!

Thanks for the tip. Interestingly, I moved the dongle from my laptop to my external USB hub and it seems to work good for me.

Thanks, simply moved transmitter from the rear to the front of the case and that seemed to fix it.

you are amazing thank you keep up the good work :)

That was so simple and it worked first time. Thank you so much

My problem is that my brand new G502 Lightspeed makes War Thunder, the game I'm currently playing, drop from 50 to 14 fps when I do big turns and make a lot of rapid turns with my mouse. It makes it stutter and laggy and uncounterable to use.

Wow! Works like a charm. Thanks.

it took me whole 17 secs to click on this video because of this laggy mouse

I moved my USB dongle from the back ports on my PC rig to the front ports. No more stuttering! @TDCatTech - not sure why but when I had stuttering and then plugged in my rechargeable wireless mouse into the charger, the stuttering stopped as well. I had to move the location of the USB dongle to remove stuttering when it was unplugged only! More power flow helps?

I just used a male to female usb socket adapter and it works perfect now thank you!

My didn't work I fix it by place it on a flate surface like cardbord

My mouse Tecknet m009 actually wired has freezing issue, but I think after 6 years at this point it must be to be replaced rebought. but I wish I should not. Maybe it's cable that got pulled or hairs inside?.. I opened it.. .. hwoever I noticed the red laser doesn't switch on anymore when instead it used to switch on before. I was thinking a smart lamp could be interfereing or it's just windows updates usually creating issues.. . but who knows.