optical mouse light stays on

just got a MS optical mouse with the side button web thingies
and the light never goes off even after the pc has shut down
is this normal??

Yes
"whitebeard" wrote in message
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just got a MS optical mouse with the side button web thingies
and the light never goes off even after the pc has shut down
is this normal??

just got a MS optical mouse with the side button web thingies
and the light never goes off even after the pc has shut down
is this normal??

Yes, that is normal. The reason is because most recent ATX motherboards
(such as my A7N8X Deluxe) have a "Power On By PS/2 Mouse" function. In
order for that function to work, constant power must be maintained to the
mouse, even when the computer is powered down.

I have all my peripherals plugged into a surge protector. When I turn off
the surge protector, the optical mouse light goes off.

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LiveWire

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:54:57 GMT, (whitebeard)
wrote::

just got a MS optical mouse with the side button web thingies
and the light never goes off even after the pc has shut down
is this normal??

Yes. I think all opticals are like this.
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Thanks,

MCheu

Pen wrote:

Yes
"whitebeard" wrote in message
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just got a MS optical mouse with the side button web thingies
and the light never goes off even after the pc has shut down
is this normal??


Yes and no, this depends on your motherboard, my old Soyo board also
keep the caps lock LED lit.

On most modem boards, there is still power going though the board, so it
can be started up via a keyboard or mouse.
I can press a key on my to start it up.

While it is normal you can still disable it if...
1. It's connected to a USB port and
2. You don't need to use the USB wakeup function for that port and
3. Your motherboard has a jumper to disable the USB wakeup function.

MCheu wrote:

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:54:57 GMT, (whitebeard)
wrote::


just got a MS optical mouse with the side button web thingies
and the light never goes off even after the pc has shut down
is this normal??


Yes. I think all opticals are like this.
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Thanks,

MCheu

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:33:19 -0400, MCheu wrote:

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:54:57 GMT, (whitebeard)
wrote::

just got a MS optical mouse with the side button web thingies
and the light never goes off even after the pc has shut down
is this normal??

Yes. I think all opticals are like this.
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Thanks,

MCheu

It's not the mouse, but the motherboard. Mine goes off, when the mouse
driver is released.

"tomcas" wrote in message
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2. You don't need to use the USB wakeup function for that port and


Question: Will the mouse-wakeup function work only if attached to USB? I
have my trackball on PS2 and it won't wake the computer, even with the
function enabled in bios.