Mouse won't get recognized...

And I don't mean by The Academy...

I have a Dell Dim.Desk 8200

I have 4 usb ports and all of them are filled (Lord knows I'd love to
be, but I digress...)

I have an adapter for my the mouse, a little green adapter to insert
into the mouse jack in the back.

HOWEVER, when I try to use it back there, it won't work, and I try an
re-boot to see if it will recognize the mouse, it dose not

Also, I've tried to plug the mouse in one of the USB ports in the front
on the computer and I get "but I get an error on boot up saying "please
plug mouse/keyboard in the back" Why on earth would "Karen" (my
computer) care where I plug the damn thing?

Any ideas?

Ta~!

"Anita Hotmann-Nowe" wrote in message
...
And I don't mean by The Academy...

I have a Dell Dim.Desk 8200

I have 4 usb ports and all of them are filled (Lord knows I'd love to be,
but I digress...)

I have an adapter for my the mouse, a little green adapter to insert into
the mouse jack in the back.

HOWEVER, when I try to use it back there, it won't work, and I try an
re-boot to see if it will recognize the mouse, it dose not

Also, I've tried to plug the mouse in one of the USB ports in the front on
the computer and I get "but I get an error on boot up saying "please plug
mouse/keyboard in the back" Why on earth would "Karen" (my computer) care
where I plug the damn thing?

Any ideas?

Ta~!

Because the front jacks go through an internal hub and the rear jacks don't
(at least that is my guess).

Have you thought about using a hub for some of your devices opening a spot
for the mouse?

That said, it should work with the adapter.

Tom

"Anita Hotmann-Nowe" wrote in message
...
And I don't mean by The Academy...

I have a Dell Dim.Desk 8200

I have 4 usb ports and all of them are filled (Lord knows I'd love to be,
but I digress...)

I have an adapter for my the mouse, a little green adapter to insert into
the mouse jack in the back.

HOWEVER, when I try to use it back there, it won't work, and I try an
re-boot to see if it will recognize the mouse, it dose not

Also, I've tried to plug the mouse in one of the USB ports in the front on
the computer and I get "but I get an error on boot up saying "please plug
mouse/keyboard in the back" Why on earth would "Karen" (my computer) care
where I plug the damn thing?

Any ideas?

Ta~!

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Easy. Just expand your USB ports:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817111977

Another alternative would be to get a USB keyboard with a hub built-in with
another 1-2 ports.

Tom Scales wrote:
"Anita Hotmann-Nowe" wrote in message
...
And I don't mean by The Academy...

I have a Dell Dim.Desk 8200

I have 4 usb ports and all of them are filled (Lord knows I'd love to be,
but I digress...)

I have an adapter for my the mouse, a little green adapter to insert into
the mouse jack in the back.

HOWEVER, when I try to use it back there, it won't work, and I try an
re-boot to see if it will recognize the mouse, it dose not

Also, I've tried to plug the mouse in one of the USB ports in the front on
the computer and I get "but I get an error on boot up saying "please plug
mouse/keyboard in the back" Why on earth would "Karen" (my computer) care
where I plug the damn thing?

Any ideas?

Ta~!

Because the front jacks go through an internal hub and the rear jacks don't
(at least that is my guess).

Have you thought about using a hub for some of your devices opening a spot
for the mouse?

That said, it should work with the adapter.

Tom


Well, I really don't need a hub right now. I should be able to plug this
mouse with adapter and "CASE CLOSED" but unfortunately it's not working...

this may seem like a dumb question but, does grc's unpnp activated have
anything to do with the computer not recognizing my mouse? It worked in
the mouse port just fine on my old dell (that ancient T550).

*sigh*

2 SNAPS UP IN A CIRCLE

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Oh... That's Hot...

*cough* anyway, but why would you have any problem with that other
newsgroup?

You don't like those folks from 24hoursupport.helpdesk?

Many people who inhabit other newsgroups do not know a darn thing about Dell
computers, and sometimes give totally incorrect responses. Not that Dell
computers are all that kinky, but they do have their idiosyncracies.

As a rule, avoid cross-posting... Ben Myers

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:49:30 GMT, Anita Hotmann-Nowe
wrote:

2 SNAPS UP IN A CIRCLE

crosspost beaten to a whimpering pulp and removed


Oh... That's Hot...

*cough* anyway, but why would you have any problem with that other
newsgroup?

You don't like those folks from 24hoursupport.helpdesk?

"Anita Hotmann-Nowe" wrote in message
...
2 SNAPS UP IN A CIRCLE

crosspost beaten to a whimpering pulp and removed


Oh... That's Hot...

*cough* anyway, but why would you have any problem with that other
newsgroup?

You don't like those folks from 24hoursupport.helpdesk?

crosspost slashed.....again

I don't care for crossposts, as they seldom result in anything helpful and
usually lots of long threads with either flames or bad information.

That said, I did my best to answer your question after removing the
crosspost, which I will do again since you see no issue with it.

Buy a USB hub, that will fix you right up.


Stew

spost, which I will do again since you see no issue with it.

Buy a USB hub, that will fix you right up.

SNORP

no, it won't, I want to use my mouse in the mouse port, period, that's
what I need help with, I don't need a usb hub, I'll just get more errors
telling me my USB ports are overrun (I've gotten that error 4 times) I'd
like to free up things for my usbs and put it in the proper Mouse port.

Any help?

Anyone?

Anita Hotmann-Nowe wrote:
this may seem like a dumb question but, does grc's unpnp activated
have anything to do with the computer not recognizing my mouse?

xpost removed

This may seem like a dumb answer, but have you tried removing unpnp and
seeing if the mouse now works?

Also, try the mouse in another computer, just to check that it's not the
mouse at fault, and try an older mouse (one which doesn't need the green
adapter) in your computer. This may give some useful information.

Regards,

Pete.

"Muse Gruppes" wrote in message
...

spost, which I will do again since you see no issue with it.

Buy a USB hub, that will fix you right up.

SNORP

no, it won't, I want to use my mouse in the mouse port, period, that's
what I need help with, I don't need a usb hub, I'll just get more errors
telling me my USB ports are overrun (I've gotten that error 4 times) I'd
like to free up things for my usbs and put it in the proper Mouse port.

Any help?

Anyone?


Then by all means shut down all of your computing over a PS2 port. You also
don't factually know that removing load from the system board USB
controllers to a single board controller with all devices connected to said
hub might not make any significant difference or improvement.

But wait, you DO know.

I'm out.