Tune old wireless Microsoft mouse to new receiver?

Dowzee · 20 Aug 2011 at 13:43

Hello,

About 8 months ago I bought a Microsoft Comfort Curve 5000 Keyboard + Mouse combo. After a couple of weeks the usb dongle receiver went on the blink, rang up Microsoft and got a new whole bundle sent out to me very quickly. I stored the the first bundle and have been using the new one.

The mouse has now broken its wheel and I was wondering if there is a way to tune the old mouse I stored to the new receiver? It doesn't "just work" - have tried that.

I am guessing its not possible and there is some hard wired code in the mouse that matches that single mouse to the receiver but thought I would double check with you knowledgeable folk before splashing on a new mouse? The receiver is for both keyboard and mouse by the way.

Thanks

panyan · 20 Aug 2011 at 13:46

not to sound silly, but are there "connect" buttons on the keyboard and reciever?

Dowzee · 20 Aug 2011 at 13:56

It's not silly. Just came back to say actually, no there is no buttons on dongle, mouse or keyboard at all. Apart from on the underside of the mouse it has a button that when you clip the dongle onto it to carry place to place it turns the mouse off to save battery. I have tried holding this down and such but no cigar.

Heres a video of the model I have http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCZGmzwx-js

Surveyor · 20 Aug 2011 at 14:52

It looks like you may be out of luck.

Note: Some newer Microsoft devices are permanently bound to their receiver and cannot be reset.

From here.

Dowzee · 20 Aug 2011 at 18:09

Right ok thanks everyone. The other reason I am after a new mouse is this one seems to be trailing a lot lately and running through batteries very quickly.

Can anyone recommend me a new wired mouse at £20 ish? I like having a wireless mouse but the accuracy in Starcraft is not great, especially lately when it trails and having the batteries die mid-game is quite frustrating.

Thanks again