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hey - i think i actually found the answer.
there is a reset button on the bottom of the mouse.
and there is a reset button on the receiver that plugs into the USB. click them both and vuualla! - it works again....
we'll see how long this lasts.
(most blogs tell users to just exchange the set, it's poorly designed)
good luck -
- J

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my mouse died after 2 weeks, for 4 hours I was working only with the keyboard! I was trying everything, including this reset buttons, but never pressed them at the same time.
My advice - AVOID WIRELESS KEYBOARD AND MOUSE (specially USB)

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Andrea said:
my mouse died after 2 weeks, for 4 hours I was working only with the
keyboard! I was trying everything, including this reset buttons, but never
pressed them at the same time. My advice - AVOID WIRELESS KEYBOARD AND
MOUSE (specially USB)

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Andrea said:
To whom are you talking? If no-one, what is your question?
Please note:
This is NOT a chat room and You are NOT posting to a forum run by
Eggheadcafe - you are actually posting to a global Usenet Newsgroup. You
will get a far better experience if you use a newsreader and subscribe to
these groups directly, rather than through Eggheadcafe.

If you must stay with Egghheadcafe then please follow Usenet custom by
quoting the post you are replying to, and replying to the thread.

Thank you.
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Gordon. I think you were a bit harsh on Andrea. She was only trying to
pass on a useful tip. I came across this problem (not for the first time)
myself only yesterday. I had to connect an 'ordinary' (USB) keyboard before
I could get to change BIOS settings because, of course, at that time it
doesn't know about the USB driver. It is useful to have a USB keyboard
handy to get you out of that sort of problem.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions
 
Bill Ridgeway wrote:

Gordon. I think you were a bit harsh on Andrea.
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maybe, but we get loads of totally orphaned posts in all the MS groups
posted from EggheadCafe. It doesn't do any harm (IMHO) to explain to the
posters (if they see the response at all) that they are NOT posting to an
Egghead forum.
 
Your advice is only good for you. You may not realize this, but PCs now
are built without PS/2 ports. Your ONLY option is USB.
 
Sorry Gordon. You've lost me. What's Egghead Cafe?

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions
 
Andrea said:
Gordon. I think you were a bit harsh on Andrea. She was only trying to
pass on a useful tip. I came across this problem (not for the first time)
myself only yesterday. I had to connect an 'ordinary' (USB) keyboard
before I could get to change BIOS settings because, of course, at that
time it doesn't know about the USB driver. It is useful to have a USB
keyboard handy to get you out of that sort of problem.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions
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Bob I wrote (in another thread) computers are now made without PS2 ports
(which is true). That prompts me to ask (following on from my comments
above) how do you get into and change CMOS settings. You need to press
(typically DEL or F2) on the boot-up sequence to get into CMOS settings but
at that time it has it loaded the USB driver for the USB keyboard (I thought
that came leter). I suppose there must be a way?

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions
 
Bill said:
Bob I wrote (in another thread) computers are now made without PS2 ports
(which is true). That prompts me to ask (following on from my comments
above) how do you get into and change CMOS settings. You need to press
(typically DEL or F2) on the boot-up sequence to get into CMOS settings but
at that time it has it loaded the USB driver for the USB keyboard (I thought
that came leter). I suppose there must be a way?

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions
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If you have a PS/2 capable box, you need to enable "Legacy USB support"
to have the USB keyboard input available in BIOS. You will need to do
that before you remove the PS/2 keyboard. The USB only motherboards
already recognize the USB keyboards.
 
Bob I wrote (in another thread) computers are now made without PS2 ports
(which is true). That prompts me to ask (following on from my comments
above) how do you get into and change CMOS settings. You need to press
(typically DEL or F2) on the boot-up sequence to get into CMOS settings
but at that time it has it loaded the USB driver for the USB keyboard (I
thought that came leter). I suppose there must be a way?
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If a mobo doesn't have PS/2, it can handle USB keyboards natively, without
any drivers.

Additionally, there's a BIOS USB setting called "Legacy Mode" that, when
enabled, even lets you access USB flash drives when booting from a Win 98
ERD. My new Intel DG965SS has this mode enabled by default, I think. It also
has PS/2...and it's a new Intel mobo.

Just for fun I made an XP drive image with Image for DOS, and recovered it
from a flash drive.

-John O
 
Bob I said:
If you have a PS/2 capable box, you need to enable "Legacy USB support" to
have the USB keyboard input available in BIOS. You will need to do that
before you remove the PS/2 keyboard. The USB only motherboards already
recognize the USB keyboards.
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Thanks Bob. That sorts that one out.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions
 
Should consider new batteries.


Bob I said:
Your advice is only good for you. You may not realize this, but PCs now
are built without PS/2 ports. Your ONLY option is USB.
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