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Posted by Omega_M on Jul-03-2007 18:23:

Question for hardware techies

My USB mouse has stopped working. The laser doesn't fire up any more. It doesn't work on any of the USB ports on my laptop. I plugged it in my friend's laptop and it immediately gave an error "USB device has exceeded power requirement". I want to know if the mouse circuit is fried or I can still fix this problem.

Posted by Sunsnail on Jul-03-2007 18:24:

how many megaflops is it rated for?

Posted by kadomony on Jul-03-2007 18:24:

its probably a short in the cable

get a new mouse

Posted by david.michael on Jul-03-2007 18:25:

Re: Question for hardware techies

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_M
My USB mouse has stopped working. The laser doesn't fire up any more. It doesn't work on any of the USB ports on my laptop. I plugged it in my friend's laptop and it immediately gave an error "USB device has exceeded power requirement". I want to know if the mouse circuit is fried or I can still fix this problem.

If it doesn't work in any of your ports, nor does it work in a second computer, just replace it. That is my official recommendation as an IT professional.

Not worth bothering with at this point.

Posted by l�cid on Jul-03-2007 18:27:

i'm firin mah lazers.

Posted by Slylee on Jul-03-2007 18:28:

just insert the usb port into the gforce mega ramrod and then restart your computer. enter in safe mode and run a firewall scan and then restart again and you should be up n running fine after that.

Posted by Sunsnail on Jul-03-2007 18:29:

we're trying to help him here!

Posted by Omega_M on Jul-03-2007 18:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
how many megaflops is it rated for?

I dunno. I don't have the specs with me. I use Logitech notebook optical mouse plus. Big name for a $ 10 mouse.

Posted by aNYthing on Jul-03-2007 18:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
just insert the usb port into the gforce mega ramrod and then restart your computer. enter in safe mode and run a firewall scan and then restart again and you should be up n running fine after that.

Gah, hate when ppl mix up iVibrator instructions with mouse troubleshooting ones. Slylee, everyone knows you can't run a firewall scan in safe mode, as firewall is disabled.

...Unless you go in with a networking mode enabled. I'd recommed replacing the optical transmitter capacitor with a voltage inverting tranceducer and running a bypass on a floating point unit of the MPU, unless MMX is also down and HT is running at 1/2 capacity.

Bottom line - best bet - new mouse.

Posted by Project-K on Jul-03-2007 18:34:

Rewire your main input energon flux to your primary phase capacitators then overwrite the plasma injector's automatic sequence and bypass it by rerouting to your tertiary anti-mater reactor. Reverse the polarity of your takeon field inverter to create a sub-space field surrounding your computer.

If that doesn't work, get a new mouse.

Posted by david.michael on Jul-03-2007 18:34:

Change the optical pickup fluid.

Posted by Slylee on Jul-03-2007 18:38:

quote:
Originally posted by aNYthing
Gah, hate when ppl mix up iVibrator instructions with mouse troubleshooting ones. Slylee, everyone knows you can't run a firewall scan in safe mode, as firewall is disabled.

...Unless you go in with a networking mode enabled. I'd recommed replacing the optical transmitter capacitor with a voltage inverting tranceducer and running a bypass on a floating point unit of the MPU, unless MMX is also down and HT is running at 1/2 capacity.

Bottom line - best bet - new mouse.

hahaha i hope you're kidding...u know, since i was too

Posted by Omega_M on Jul-03-2007 18:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
just insert the usb port into the gforce mega ramrod and then restart your computer. enter in safe mode and run a firewall scan and then restart again and you should be up n running fine after that.

spicy !! but I dropped my gforce mega ramrod in the 7th dimension as I traveled through the unstable quantum wormhole on my way to the parallel anti-matter universe

Posted by Slylee on Jul-03-2007 18:39:

GFORCEMEGARAMROD!!

OMGWTFLOLBBQTARP

Posted by david.michael on Jul-03-2007 18:39:

SAY CAR RAMROD!

SAY CAR RAMROD!

You didn't say it!!!

(Awww.)

Posted by aNYthing on Jul-03-2007 18:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_M
spicy !! but I dropped my gforce mega ramrod in the 7th dimension as I traveled through the unstable quantum wormhole on my way to the parallel anti-matter universe

I find your avatar strangely disturbing, yet hillarious...

Posted by biznology on Jul-03-2007 18:40:

well if anything fixable is possible, check the connector, and see if anything is stuck in there, or bent and then jam it back in place.

i do this all the time with ps2 stuff, and its less likely with USB, but otherwise get a new mouse...|

Posted by XaNaX on Jul-03-2007 18:46:

Re: Question for hardware techies

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_M
My USB mouse has stopped working. The laser doesn't fire up any more. It doesn't work on any of the USB ports on my laptop. I plugged it in my friend's laptop and it immediately gave an error "USB device has exceeded power requirement". I want to know if the mouse circuit is fried or I can still fix this problem.

New mouse < $10, not even worth 2 minutes of your time to troubleshoot