Crazy mouse behavior?

First I have done a search through the archives and i don't see a defining answer. At times my mouse seems to do a lot of strange an erratic movements. Say I drag the mouse down, the curser goes wiggly and in an erratic direction. This is frustrating when I'm in PS drawing specific lines. I have zapped my Pram & repaired my permissions, but am at a loss to know what to do to fix this. Any insights would be very appreciated. Thanks Jeff
mighty mouse that came with the 2.8 2008 Mac Pro (not wireless)

Hi ArchFotos,
Well, I hope this Mac newbie (from PC) can save you some time, because I'm having the same issue on my brand new system.
It's a grounding issue. To experiment:
- Touch your Mac Pro while moving the mouse, or;
- Touch your keyboard (the metal parts) while moving the mouse.
If things seem fine, then you've found the issue.
I've disabled the bottom left/right "buttons" for sanity purposes. However, you'll still hear the constant "clicking", like a real mammal in there is trying hard to get out , which means that the sensors are still firing like crazy. I'm sure that's not healthy for the mouse (living or not).
So, I hope this prevents you from constantly going to the Apple store and replacing your mouse, or worse, do a classic PC thing like reinstalling the whole system ...just find a way to deal with grounding yourself.
What's really surprising is that it seems to be an unresolved issue for some time. Nothing "official" from Apple....sigh....
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[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded filesystem (0.7.1-5 -> 0.7.2-2)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded gzip (1.2.4b-2 -> 1.2.4b-3)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded libxfcegui4-svn (21535-1 -> 21555-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded mkinitrd (1.01-29 -> 1.01-30)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded shared-mime-info-cvs (20060414-1 -> 20060511-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded thunar-svn (21551-1 -> 21593-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfcalendar-svn (21546-1 -> 21594-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce-mcs-manager-svn (21551-1 -> 21573-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce-mcs-plugins-svn (21550-1 -> 21572-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce-utils-svn (21522-1 -> 21561-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce4-appfinder-svn (21522-1 -> 21564-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce4-panel-svn (21551-1 -> 21587-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce4-session-svn (21551-1 -> 21588-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfdesktop-svn (21551-1 -> 21567-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfwm4-svn (21551-1 -> 21604-1)
[05/12/06 07:53] warning: /etc/lftp.conf saved as /etc/lftp.conf.pacsave
[05/12/06 07:53] removed lftp (3.4.6-1)

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