Mouse pointer is frozen at left hand corner

Hi
My USB mouse pointer is frozen at the left hand corner. I saw posts from users who have had same issue but did not find any answers.
I have tried the following.
1. Using different USB ports to connect the mouse
2. resetting PRAM
3. resetting SMC (I think thats what it is called)
4. Cleaning the mouse
5. Doing a hardboot
None of this has helped.
The mouse seems to work (e.g. I can click and it opens up the menu or if the screen saver has started, clicking the mouse stops it etc.
Other info - I always shutdown my machine. I guess this is legacy of Windows days
I dont want to reinstall the OS - that would also mean I have to update all the required OS updates post 2008 when I got the iMac
Any one has a solution for this ?
Thanks
Tapan

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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nbsbnoss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=mice+all&x=19&y=18
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