Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Friday 13.2.2026 / 08:15
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > other pc hardware > optical mouse question
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Optical Mouse question
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
Ragnarok2
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		16. January 2006 @ 11:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey I'm planning on buying the Logitech MX-518 optical gaming mouse, and I was wondering if mouse pads are important. I got an old mouse pad right now, is a new pad needed for the optical mouse to work well?

Thanks
[ + quote]
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ @2.8Ghz ///1.5GB Corsair XMS
Radeon X800PRO///ASRock939-DualSATAII Motherboard
PowerLiner 400Watt PSU///Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Sound///NEC Double Layer DVD Burner///Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PRO
Advertisement
_ 		__
ddp
Moderator
_ 		16. January 2006 @ 13:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no it is not needed. can also use mouse without pad tho try 1st as has some problems with some surfaces
[ + quote]
Ragnarok2
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		16. January 2006 @ 13:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Oh ok thank you ddp, I was just asking because I saw somewhere that some mouse pads make the mouse more sensitive or accurate or something like that due to the design and patterns of the pad.
[ + quote]
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ @2.8Ghz ///1.5GB Corsair XMS
Radeon X800PRO///ASRock939-DualSATAII Motherboard
PowerLiner 400Watt PSU///Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Sound///NEC Double Layer DVD Burner///Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PRO
Ragnarok2
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		16. January 2006 @ 13:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
double post
[ + quote]
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ @2.8Ghz ///1.5GB Corsair XMS
Radeon X800PRO///ASRock939-DualSATAII Motherboard
PowerLiner 400Watt PSU///Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Sound///NEC Double Layer DVD Burner///Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PRO

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 16. January 2006 @ 13:15
jonni3
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		16. January 2006 @ 13:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Certain mouse mats don't seem to work as well with optical mice as others, i think it could be down to the reflective nature of the material used to make the mouse mat
[ + quote]

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 16. January 2006 @ 13:27
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
ScubaBud
AfterDawn Addict
_ 		16. January 2006 @ 15:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A mouse pad that is a solid color and preferably dark in color will work well optical or not. I have a black one for my main PC and I just use my wood workbench without a pad for my workbench PC.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > other pc hardware > optical mouse question
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2026 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork