Bluetooth Mouse Drivers

Bluetooth mice are powered by the Bluetooth wireless protocol that allows them to exchange data with your computer over short distances. Bluetooth was created to fulfill the need for a wireless alternative to the wired RS-232 protocol but has grown into a much more general use framework currently used by many portable electronics. Bluetooth has the ability to connect several devices as once without worrying about synchronization problems. Each Bluetooth device comes with its own personal driver although all are based upon the Bluetooth framework.

Bluetooth works by use of a radio frequency hopping technology that sends chunks of data over several frequencies at once to achieve a maximum throughput of up to 3 MB/s per second. Bluetooth is known for its extremely low power requirements that result in longer battery life for enabled devices and unlike infrared devices, Bluetooth devices do not have to maintain line of site to communicate with one another. There are three classes of Bluetooth devices ranging from class one to class three. Class one has a range of approximately 100 meters while class three has a range of around six meters.

Common Bluetooth Mouse Drivers Problems

Most Bluetooth enabled mice come with an installation disk that has Bluetooth mouse drivers on it. Newer operating systems such as Microsoft Vista and Windows 7 contain all standard Bluetooth mouse drivers within the operating system itself. If you purchase a Bluetooth mouse and it does not work when you plug it into a USB port you can install the driver disk that came with the mouse and it should start working shortly. Once your mouse is working properly you should never have trouble with it again. Device drivers are kernel drivers that have sophisticated memory protection techniques that prevent them from becoming corrupted easily but sometimes a virus or amateur programmer will create a data file that intentionally or unintentionally causes Bluetooth mouse driver failure. Some common PC problems that could be the result of malfunctioning Bluetooth mouse drivers are:

1. Inability to move your mouse.

2. Jerky or intermittent mouse performance.

3. Your operating system does not recognize your Bluetooth wireless mouse.

Troubleshooting Bluetooth Mouse Drivers

Troubleshooting Bluetooth mouse drivers is simple for the end-user. The first thing you should do if your mouse starts acting funny is to reboot your computer. The second thing you should do is replace the batteries of your mouse. The third thing you should try is hooking your Bluetooth mouse up to a second computer and check out its performance there. If it works on the second computer then you might have a Bluetooth mouse driver problem. If not then you probably have a bad mouse.

If your diagnostics determine you are dealing with a Bluetooth mouse driver problem then try restoring your computer using the system restore feature and/or reinstalling the drivers than came with the mouse. If neither of these solutions work then you can try reinstalling your operating system and the Bluetooth mouse drivers.

If your Bluetooth mouse is still not responding you might want to purchase a new one to see if the mouse itself is faulty. If neither mouse works then you would be advised to take your computer to a technical specialist.