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

BoXXi

Join Date 03/2001

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

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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Jafo

Join Date 03/2001

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Bryan....do as yrag says....I've been running the same mouse as yours via the PS2 port since day one....and no problems at all. Reason?...at the time my comp only had 2 USBs so it was a waste of one not to be on PS2.

Now I have 8 USBs...and still use the PS2....

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true, yrags way be done with it, though, still leaves the question if the port is working?

j/k

it would remove the issue completely

Which would give you more time to write!!!!!!

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Join Date 03/2001

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so how do I tell which are the powered ports?

In devices list, right click the usb root and click properies. It will show current voltage lleft if active, nothing otherwise.

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kona0197

Join Date 02/2003

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Kona, yes but back and front will have shared port channels on some motherboards which will demand an extra power source becuase the single power source is not enough for more than the onboard ports... you have to add a second to up the juice to power the back/addons

Never seen that and i have seen alot of mobos. Weird.

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oh, I've seen a a couple of mother boards since 1986..

here...

http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=A7V&langs=09

Back Panel I/O Ports 2 x USB Ports
1 x Parallel Port (EPP, ECP) and 2 x Serial Ports
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port, 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
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Onboard I/O Interface 3-Headers to Support Optional 5 USB Ports <---- this is where you have to add a secondary power source... the optional 5 + 2 = 7 and the 2 usb channels do not have enough juice to run power to a total of 7 so you can to add to it...
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SIR (Integrated Serial Infrared)
CPU/Power Supply/Chassis Fan
ATX Power
IDE LED

I could dig around and find a new mother board as an example but know of this one right off the top because of putting them together for different people a couple of years back.

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kona0197

Join Date 02/2003

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Onboard I/O Interface 3-Headers to Support Optional 5 USB Ports <---- this is where you have to add a secondary power source... the optional 5 + 2 = 7 and the 2 usb channels do not have enough juice to run power to a total of 7 so you can to add to it...

boards I have seen have 4 usb build into the board and 2 headers on the mobo for front USB support.

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BoXXi

Join Date 03/2001

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IPlural: Sorry, I had to go to work....... thanks for the links, I understand now. I think I will leave the mouse in the P/S2 port for now, as there is no discernible difference that I can see. I'm just happy to get rid of that damn 2 button mouse, it felt like I had one of my arms removed! Aaaaahh.....4 buttons and a wheel.... Heaven!!

Thanks to everyone who put forward suggestions.....I can always rely on you guys to sort me out!

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cool

Now go write some YUM!!! ;(

paabababableeeeeze mr BoXXi

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