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

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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

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

Download @BIOS from Greev84's link
Extract it and run the setup.exe
After installation go to Start -> All Programs -> Gigabyte and right-click @BIOS and choose "Run as Administrator"
Choose Yes in the confirm box
Now you should have @BIOS running :)
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)

Extract the BIOS into a folder, I created a BIOS folder on the desktop.
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)
Double-click on the file which isn't an executable (look at picture). In my case it was the "p55ud3r.f4"-file.
It will display a progress bar which says erasing and writing depending on what it's currently doing.
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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Anonymous

2009-12-04T22:28:40+00:00

I got the combination of the problem. My cursor goes extra big normally on the boot of a large program like Premiere or Encore and over time changes to the dotty columns before crashing. This of course takes some hours to progress into the crash but it's hours that I use when compiling HD video.

Also it is only on the primary monitor. The secondary is always fine even if I loaded the program onto it when the cursor changed or I had the cursor on the secondary and moved it back. All sorts of different tests...

I'm going to try that trails thing as a temporary fix. Thanks for the tips and letting me know I'm not alone.

Motherboard: MSI K9A2 CF

Video Card: Radeon HD 5770 Sapphire

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64
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Anonymous

2009-12-04T03:22:16+00:00

I wonder if it's a combination of this motherboard and video card. I had my HD 5770 for 2 weeks but the problem just started showing up now. My cursor doesn't get big though. It gets garbled like the're 2 on top of each other or sometimes turns into a black box. Only thing I've done recently is update the BIOS from the last beta version and re-overclock my i5-750.
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Anonymous

2009-12-04T03:18:03+00:00

I also have:

Motherboard: Gigabyte p55-ud3r

Video Card: Radeon HD 5770 by XFX

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

RAM: 8GB of Kingston HyperX at 1800Mhz

My mouse cursor has a DIFFERENT problem. My cursor changes to a column, then into a bunch of dots. It does this only on my main screen. When I move the cursor to my 2nd monitor it's normal but doesn't fix it when I move it back to the 1st monitor. Only major thing I've done so far is upgrade to the latest Gigabyte BIOS. My system wasn't doing that before.

When I run windows magnifier and leave it at normal magnification (100%) the cursor remains normal. As soon as I close it, it's back to the garbled cursor. I thought it might have been a hardware issue but not sure now.
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Anonymous

2009-12-03T19:46:51+00:00

I see this attributed to latest ATI drivers; which makes sense, it is the one drawing the cursor.

I see this problem on new Win7 install Gigabyte P55-UD6 with Radeon HD5770.

It doesn't seem to be Win7's fault as changing mouse settings does not fix.

I would recommend uninstalling the ATI driver and installing an earlier version, like install CD?

Note: I have not tried this yet; and I gave up speaking for ATI 3 years ago.
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