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Help! It's dead.......!

January 21, 2004 11:31:19 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

My optical mouse appears to have died... I started the puter this morning and had no light on my mouse or movement of my cursor. Does anyone know if this is a common occurrence with the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer? Do I have to buy a new one, or could it be something other than the mouse itself? Any suggestions are welcome.

(The mouse is approx. 3 years old, is connected via USB, and has only been dropped once...

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Reply #1 January 21, 2004 11:36:22 AM
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It might be the USB port, have you tried plugging anything else into that port, or tried your mouse in another port, or even another computer?
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Reply #2 January 21, 2004 11:38:09 AM
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Good thinking Batman!! I will try that.... Thank you........

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Reply #3 January 21, 2004 11:39:00 AM
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BoXXi I don't know if your mouse is similar to mine or not, but mine is the same as your description except mine also takes 2 "AAA" batteries underneath where the optical light is.
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Reply #4 January 21, 2004 11:52:00 AM
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No battery compartment visible anywhere...... I think it takes power directly from the computer via the USB.

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Reply #5 January 21, 2004 11:53:23 AM
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@ Hy.

is it a wireless mouse?
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Reply #6 January 21, 2004 11:53:47 AM
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Try restarting the computer.
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Reply #7 January 21, 2004 11:55:38 AM
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Call Ibrahim Jones, Funeral Directors



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Reply #8 January 21, 2004 11:58:04 AM
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Use a USB adapter and plug it into the Mobo mouse port.



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Reply #9 January 21, 2004 12:00:25 PM
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yrag... you mean the PS2 port?

Styl: it's not cordless.....

lalfonsob: I tried that.....

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Reply #10 January 21, 2004 12:02:01 PM
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Ah, buy a new one then, 3 years, lets see, I replace my batteries of my cordless mouse about every 3 weeks so you still won't make any lose in buying a new one
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Reply #11 January 21, 2004 12:05:23 PM
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Damn! I don't want to buy a new one! I like this one.  Someone said it may be a mouse software problem, would it be worth running the installation disk again?

 

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Reply #12 January 21, 2004 12:05:29 PM
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Yes


...make sure your 'puter is off when you plug into the mouse port




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Reply #13 January 21, 2004 12:08:10 PM
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O.K. Gary, I will try that.... I guess if it doesn't light up when it's in the PS2 port, then I can probably assume it's beyond help?
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Reply #14 January 21, 2004 12:09:47 PM
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Probably...sad, but true



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Reply #15 January 21, 2004 12:11:36 PM
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o.k..... gonna shut down and give it a try....... back soon.....
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Reply #16 January 21, 2004 12:14:59 PM
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is it a wireless mouse?


My Bad How embarrasing

*Note to self: Read more thoroughly before opening my big mouth*
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Reply #17 January 21, 2004 12:21:07 PM
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Junk it...and go get a wireless optical mouse, battery charger and some Rechargable NIMH batteries...



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Reply #18 January 21, 2004 12:30:32 PM
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wait. mine does this often. go into the device manager. go to the usb devices. right click on the main one in there and do the scan for hardware changes
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Reply #19 January 21, 2004 12:30:37 PM
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Junk it...and go get a wireless optical mouse, battery charger and some Rechargable NIMH batteries...


definitely.. I have the Logitech MX500 and it's fantastic! I'll never give mine up.

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Reply #20 January 21, 2004 12:31:27 PM
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right click


won't that be difficult if the mouse isn't working?
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Reply #21 January 21, 2004 12:32:41 PM
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yes well wasn't thinking. I have a touchpad on my laptop. anyway find a way to scan for hardware changes on your usb in device manager
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Reply #22 January 21, 2004 12:37:39 PM
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wait. mine does this often. go into the device manager. go to the usb devices. right click on the main one in there and do the scan for hardware changes



Sounds a bit like: Error, keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue
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Reply #23 January 21, 2004 12:45:59 PM
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O.K. Plugged mouse into P/S2 port.....works fine!!  So, do I have a problem with that USB port? I don't have another free USB port, so maybe I need to get a hub. (I have four USB ports in total..... Printer, scanner, webcam, mouse.)
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Reply #24 January 21, 2004 12:48:20 PM
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Travis: When I did the scan, nothing happened, it just added another entry called "USB root" to the bottom of the list.
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Reply #25 January 21, 2004 12:49:55 PM
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Bryan - Just leave it on that...works the same. Sometimes the USB ports get a little strange, but then, what doesn't.



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