this seems(having a dead battery) more plausible than having a driver tell
the mouse it is at the charging station and only charging for a min or two.
that's what i was trying to understand what you were saying.
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"Peter" <nobody@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
>I have the latest software - Intellipoint 6.2 and the same mouse and mine
>charges OK. You have a dead battery on your hands....replace it.
>
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> "mark" <mark@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:0CFED76C-E642-4CD9-BEA1-32803EB3827B@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Subject: Problem Laser 8000 Bluetooth Mouse
>>
>> Message: When the mouse is put on the charge pad its green light pulses 8
>> times slowly. Then a red light flashes continuously and rapidly. The
>> mouse's NIMH battery does not charge except for a few minutes of use.
>> Even
>> when the mouse is left on the pad overnight. This problem started early
>> in
>> August when a Vista update included a prompt to update the mouse driver
>> software with a download from Microsoft. The Microsoft download was run
>> and stopped itself with a note that the driver was not compatible. Thatt
>> is when the mouse stopped charging properly.
>>
>> Then late August another Vista prompt to download the updated driver for
>> the mouse, and this time the driver installed. However, the mouse
>> continues to fail to charge except for less than a minute when it is
>> first
>> placed on the charge pad.
>>
>> The mouse battery charge anly lasts a very short while. If I take a half
>> hour to reseat the mouse on the pad every time the rapid red blinking
>> occurs, I can slowly build up the charge. The slow green pulsing lasts
>> about 30 seconds, so in half an hour the mouse is reseated on the charger
>> pad 60 times.
>>
>> Microsoft can direct me to a safe driver update, please. That would be
>> greatly appreciated. It would be really appropriate if Microsoft would
>> correct the error in its driver update for the Laser 8000 mouse (date of
>> manufature, 2007).
>>
>> Mark Stewart, August, September, October 2007
>