Clone stamp & eraser have a mind of their own!

I have recently moved from CS2 up to CS5, and am loving all the changes, however the last few days I have been in all sorts of trouble with the following issue.
When using the clone stamp, or eraser, or even a brush , the cursor keeps jumping half a screen away at odd times causing either whole sections to erased (when using the shift key) or cloning a part elswhere on the image.
This is really hard to explain, yet easy to demonstrate, but I first noticed it the other day when i was erasing part of a layer and holding down the shift key ....as I clicked along the curve I was erasing, after about the 3rd click it would fly off to another part of the image, OK not a catastrophe as all you do is back up one move, but it happens frequently. The same for detailed cloning ...I am cloning away and it the shoots off at a tangent...
I recently invested in a USB wireless mouse, which was great, and did wonder if it was the batteries running low and sending out wrong signals, but I swapped back to hard wired mouse, but the problem persisted - however it was not as frequent.
Its driving me mad as when I zoom out of an image i have been detailing, there are rogue patches on it where its jumped to and i havent noticed..
Any ideas?

OpenGL is a system for displaying graphics, which when done properly leverages more of the power of your GPU than the normal Windows GDI can. Thus when enabled in Photoshop we gain access to smooth panning/zooming, brush gestures, and can even use it for some of the 3D work in Photoshop Extended. OpenGL is implemented in video drivers/firmware/hardware.
But OpenGL is very complex, and video driver updates come out all the time with fixes or enhanced OpenGL functionality. Some work better than others, and bugs in the drivers can result in some very strange effects. Sometimes new bugs are introduced.
Edit - Preferences - Performance, uncheck [ ] Use OpenGL Drawing. If this helps, your video drivers likely have bugs. They may be latest, in which case you'll need to wait for an update. Or get a different video card.
It is also possible that with OpenGL Drawing enabled, changing the Advanced settings can help.
-Noel

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