Arc Touch Mouse Scroll stops working

Anonymous
2011-04-26T13:22:53+00:00

Hi,

I'm using Win 7 (32 bit) with the MS arc Touch mouse software and drivers installed. Running on HP TX2 Touchsmart Tablet.

I'm facing a problem with my mouse with regards to the scroll function.

After "switching on" the mouse, there is a green led light and everything seems to work. The green LED then disappears, presumably to save battery.

However, after a short period of time, the scroll function will not work at all. There is no scroll "feedback" felt from the scroll strip either. But when I flatten the mouse and turn it back on again, everything works as per normal.

But after some time, the same problem resurfaces. Then, I have to turn the mouse off and back on again. Sometimes, the scroll function "turns" itself back on automatically. But most of the time, it just stops working altogether.

This is very irritating. It seems nobody else have encountered this issue.

Please help!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-05T01:15:14+00:00

    Remove the refrigerator magnet from the underside of the flex mechanism

    What does that have to do with the scroll, which is on the opposite side of the device?

    I'm not going to tear apart a new $70 mouse on the off chance that something unrelated is going to fix the problem.

    In addition to the scroll "going to sleep" when it feels like it... this mouse also seems to "let up" off of down-clicks, and then immediately re-clicks.  At least that's the way Windows sees it... which makes dragging operations fail and/or do very unexpected things.

    Definitely not a good mouse.  I had a bluetooth mouse probably 3 or 4 years ago that had zero problems... back to that one for now.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-03T14:56:31+00:00

    Just got a brand new Arc mouse, surface edition as a present. Same problem, windows 8.1 with latest updates, and have been using the latest Arc config software. The scrolling just stops working while the rest of the mouse functionality is fine. It's kind of amazing they just re-skinned / re-branded the same broken stuff. Definitely getting a 1-star on Amazon.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-24T00:10:47+00:00

    I'm having the same different problem with two different brand new arc mice and two different windows 7 computers. The scrollwheel stops working at least once a day.

    I guess it's a design defect...

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-12T04:27:04+00:00

    I have this problem as well. Nice mouse, but this scrolling issue needs to get addressed.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-03-24T19:07:38+00:00

    Same problem here. Using it with notebook Lenovo y510p with Windows 8.1. Mouse is great but this really pisses me off.

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