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Intermittent USB mouse problem

Wendy Joint 0 Reputation points
2026-05-23T08:50:56.06+00:00

I am running Win 11 on power not battery. I have an intermittent USB mouse problem, where it stops working and then starts working again after a few seconds signalled by a sound on and off. I thought this might be as a result of notifications or some power saving function, but I have trawled through the Settings and the Device Manager changing a few items such as turning off notifications without success. All drivers are up to date as far as I can see. Has anyone any ideas? I've looked through other similar problems but can find nothing relevant.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
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  1. Wendy Joint 0 Reputation points
    2026-05-24T10:15:03.2433333+00:00

    I didn't replace the mouse, because in the meantime the problem was solved, apparently by my tinkering around with settings. I turned off notifications among other things. To elaborate there was a sound as though some post or notification had been made then the mouse stopped working until a few seconds after there was another different sound and it started working again. I thought it might be a battery saving function, but there seems to be no real way to check if this could turn off the USB mouse. In any case I always use the computer plugged into mains.

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  2. Bulldog 2,015 Reputation points
    2026-05-23T17:45:56.5966667+00:00

    Replace the battery in the mouse.

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  4. Ivan B 111.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-05-23T09:34:34.25+00:00

    Hi,

    Did you try testing it with another USB mouse? It could be a hardware failure with the mouse itself.

    When it stops working, does it give any "unknown USB" alert?

    Thanks

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