Satellite Pro Laptops

[leechacks]

Hi

When I plug my external mouse into my satellite pro 6000 nothing happens the cursor wont move using it but he touch pad works fine.  The mouse works fine in my PC so its not the mouse.

Any help very much appreciated.

Cheers

Lee

[Jerry_Lippey]

Satellite Pro 6000

A USB mouse, Lee? Try a PS/2 mouse in the PS/2 port. It's at the far right looking at the back.

[leechacks]

Hi Jerry

Sorry i forgot to add, its a ps2 mouse not a usb one.

Cheers

Lee

[Jerry_Lippey]

Plug in the PS/2 mouse when the computer is off and then start it up. These should not be plugged in or out when the computer is running.

Open Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) and expand Mice and other pointing devices. What do you see in there? If you see the mouse, double-click it and tell us what Device status has.

[leechacks]

Hi Jerry

This is working fine now, i did what you said and all was fine.  Strange realy cos when i tried that before it didnt work! Are you sure you didnt use your mind powers on the mouse overnight? Lol

Thank you so much for your help.

Cheers

Lee

[Jerry_Lippey]

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Are you sure you didnt use your mind powers on the mouse overnight?

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We do whatever is necessary to help out.

[DanaL]

I also have the same problem and I can't seem to find a way to fix it anywhere I have tried everything. I own a Toshiba L515-S4960. When I bought this laptop I bought an external mouse on the same day because I don't like the pad on a laptop. The mouse is a USB hookup it worked for about 6 months then quit. I thought the mouse was broken so I bought another one and that one worked for about a month. I plugged the mouse into my desktop just to make sure the new mouse was not broken which it is not. So how do I get an external mouse to work with my laptop.

[rburns]

You might want to consider a wireless mouse. I have used two wireless "mouses" (Logitech) on my computer. The first version required "loading" software from a CD. The second (newer version) booted up alutmatically once I inserted the USB device.

[Cincy]

My Toshiba Satellite L750 is 10 months old.  I was able to use a USB external mouse with it with no problems until 2 months ago. Initially, I thought it was the mouse that died, but now I know the mouse can still work with another computer, so it's my Satellite laptop that's the problem. The touchpad works fine, but I would like to regain my ability to use a USB external mouse.