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
    2009-12-16T01:21:32+00:00

    I did not correctly flash my motherboard, being lazy as I am.. I let the Gigabyte Web server detect my BIOS version.. It was never flashed with F5 as I thought it was (Still remained F3)...

    Well that was the thing about my updates failing as well, do it manually and most likely it will succeed :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-15T23:28:32+00:00

    its happening again........

    i hate my life.. please help someone..... my comp is a week old and this is the oNLY ISSUE........

    Now I'm back to square one... is this an ATI issue or a compatibility issue with the GA-P55-UD4P motherboard or both?

    Previously updated ATI Radeon 5770 Sapphire using this link here...

    http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers\_catalyst.aspx?p=win7/windows-7-64bit

    I performed the proposed update for my motherboard as Greev previously posted and it was successful (in updating not fixing the big mouse pointer)

    I'm using the massive pointer as we speak..... this is really frustrating... I will continue to work on this and post results...

    -skarface

    Windows 7 x64

    GA-P55-UD4P

    ATI Radeon 5770 Saphirre

    EDIT

    I did not correctly flash my motherboard, being lazy as I am.. I let the Gigabyte Web server detect my BIOS version.. It was never flashed with F5 as I thought it was (Still remained F3)...

    I read this post and realized the error of my way immediately...

    http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=122625

    Thank you Greev and bubbelibuu again... u guys rock

    so far so good.. I will report back results tomorrow...

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-12-15T20:01:13+00:00

    Your very welcome, been a whole day without the big mouse cursor and it's definitely the issue, since I couldn't go for two hours with the normal cursor beforehand. Just as Greev84 said, hopefully it's the solution for all of us :) Marked as answer from now on, and sorry Greev84 for "stealing" your idea and marking my own version as the answer, for all of you who uses this method to correct the cursor problem, you MUST all thank Greev84 rather than me :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-12-15T11:18:38+00:00

    No worries just glad you sovled it as well, lets just hope its a case closed for all of us...

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