Guest John Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 Please note: I am not 100% sure of the details of this issue, however I thought I might post a message here. I recently gave a family member a microsoft wireless 6000 mouse with receiver. Installation was fine but when they reboot the machine it will not boot up (I don't know if it gets to POST but I would assume not) unless they unplug the mouse. Once the mouse is unplugged the machine boots up as normal. I'm not sure if they are using the USB plug or the PS2 plug... I don't have that information yet. I suggested that they try the PS2 plug instead of the USB, although on second thought, the USB plug would/should have 0 effect on boot, while the PS2 plug could prevent boot if the drivers are fouled up. I should have more information later, but does anyone have any reasonable initial thoughts? tks -- Do you twitter? http://twitter.com Do you want to be a cranky geek? http://www.crankygeeks.com/ Improving usenet: http://improve-usenet.org/ (I score GG down by 99) Mepis32 RLU #451587i,Vista and MacOSXp
Guest Here Today Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 Re: PC will not boot when mouse plugged in I believe if you have a wireless mouse the receiver will be USB and no ps2 port will be used. Have they installed the software for it. It can be downloaded for free from Microsoft. Does the mouse work if they boot up without it and then plug it in? They may want to enter the BIOS (press DEL or F2 or F12...whatever the startup screen says when first booting) and look for USB legacy settings and enable, uncheck 'halt on all errors'. Make sure Bootup options don't USB device as #1. Make sure good batteries are in mouse. Gene "John" <john@jtlinux01.INVALID> wrote in message news:slrngd5b24.fgi.john@localhost.localdomain... > Please note: I am not 100% sure of the details of this issue, however I > thought I might post a message here. > > I recently gave a family member a microsoft wireless 6000 mouse with > receiver. Installation was fine but when they reboot the machine > it will not boot up (I don't know if it gets to POST but I would assume > not) unless they unplug the mouse. Once the mouse is unplugged the > machine boots up as normal. I'm not sure if they are using the USB > plug or the PS2 plug... I don't have that information yet. > > I suggested that they try the PS2 plug instead of the USB, although on > second thought, the USB plug would/should have 0 effect on boot, while > the PS2 plug could prevent boot if the drivers are fouled up. > > I should have more information later, but does anyone have any > reasonable initial thoughts? > > tks > > -- > Do you twitter? http://twitter.com > Do you want to be a cranky geek? http://www.crankygeeks.com/ > Improving usenet: http://improve-usenet.org/ (I score GG down by 99) > Mepis32 RLU #451587i,Vista and MacOSXp
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 Re: PC will not boot when mouse plugged in >Please note: I am not 100% sure of the details of this issue, however I >thought I might post a message here. > >I recently gave a family member a microsoft wireless 6000 mouse with >receiver. Installation was fine but when they reboot the machine >it will not boot up (I don't know if it gets to POST but I would assume >not) unless they unplug the mouse. Once the mouse is unplugged the >machine boots up as normal. I'm not sure if they are using the USB >plug or the PS2 plug... I don't have that information yet. > >I suggested that they try the PS2 plug instead of the USB, although on >second thought, the USB plug would/should have 0 effect on boot, while >the PS2 plug could prevent boot if the drivers are fouled up. > >I should have more information later, but does anyone have any >reasonable initial thoughts? I had an experience with my father-in-law's PC and wireless USB mouse. It turned out that, for whatever reason, installing the Intel Chipset Drivers made it work. This was a computer that had SP3 installed by the way. - Thee Chicago Wolf
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