Very big mouse-pointer in Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit

Anonymous
2009-11-16T19:11:05+00:00

I've had Windows 7 for about 2 weeks now and I'm just loving it. One annoying problem which I'm gonna ask here is that the mouse pointer suddenly becomes very big and it really is a pain since it also becomes big in games etc... I've tried using the Easy of Access in Control Panel by checking the box for extra big mouse pointer, it becomes bigger and after un-checking it the mouse-pointer becomes it's "normal" big size. The only way to solve the problem is a reboot at the moment. Please help me.

I currently have the following machine:

Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit

Intel i5 2,66GHz processor

Gigabyte P55-UD3R motherboard

Gigabyte HD5770 graphics card

Logitech MX518 Optical Gaming Mouse

Logitech G15 V1.0 Gaming Keyboard

600W PSU

All my drivers are up-to-date and I can't figure out what's causing the problem, it can happen while using Word, playing WoW or just surfing the Internet.

Never had the same problem in any other OS.

P.S. My e-mail address has changed and didn't find a way to change it so I'll come check this post every now and then :)

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Anonymous
2009-12-14T23:06:24+00:00

Hey!

try download this and when finished just double klick it to install.... @BIOS Ver 2.07   3mb   from

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Utility_List.aspx

after starting the program click "Update Bios from gigabyte server"..and follow instructions..

This updated my bios  from F2 to F4   and the big mouse cursor was gone for good..

hope this helps

So far so good you're method is working for me :) finally something good. 

One thing I have to add that the online update didn't work for me (for reasons unknown, even uninstalled my anti-virus for it) so I'll break it down what I did to make it work in case someone else had the same issues :D

  1. Download @BIOS from Greev84's link
  2. Extract it and run the setup.exe
  3. After installation go to Start -> All Programs -> Gigabyte and right-click @BIOS and choose "Run as Administrator"
  4. Choose Yes in the confirm box
  5. Now you should have @BIOS running :)
  6. Go to Gigabyte's homepage and download your latest BIOS to your specific motherboard (if it is newer than you current which is displayed in @BIOS after "BIOS Sign on Message"

(http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_List.aspx)

  1. Extract the BIOS into a folder, I created a BIOS folder on the desktop.
  2. Now in @BIOS choose "Update BIOS from File" and navigate to the destination to where you extracted the BIOS you downloaded (in my case Desktop\BIOS)
  3. Double-click on the file which isn't an executable (look at picture). In my case it was the "p55ud3r.f4"-file.
  4. It will display a progress bar which says erasing and writing depending on what it's currently doing.
  5. Reboot and run @BIOS to confirm that the update worked :)

One thing I might add that the two failed times my OS boot was normal speed, but after the BIOS update my OS boot became lightning fast!! :O

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5654/bios.jpg

Picture of the file to choose in part 9 for better understanding :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-01T00:47:19+00:00

    What I've figured out it seems to be a problem with ATI cards, not sure though. Very frustating as it affects everything I do and now-a-days I'm more used to the big pointer than I am at the small one. Noticed the other day that it was a huge surprise to see the small pointer while playing :O

    Notably I've discovered that scrolling with the mouse wheel seems to cause the bug, not sure though, but whilst browsing pages it seems to happen more often than actual playing.

    See if you guys notice scrolling being the cause since I don't have time to run tests etc... It might help Microsoft/ATI to find to cause and fix it :)

    P.S I've also noticed that the "big mouse" shrinks to it's normal size at some point during use, having a hard time figuring that part out though. GTA IV is the only software that isn't affected by the bug (mouse icon in the game menu stays the normal size), other games like World of Warcraft has the big mouse and very annoying that it's constantly in the way.

    Cheers,

    bubbelibuu

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-11-29T05:01:55+00:00

    How do you know it is a known issue with Radeon cards? Does ATI agree with this?

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-11-28T21:04:28+00:00

    This is a known issue with the latest Radeon cards. You'll just have to wait for ATI to release a fix.

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-11-28T09:27:06+00:00

    ok, but you dont think is has to do anything with our ati 5770 then ?   lets just hope its a small bug wich microsoft will fix with an update .

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