USB 2.0 port and USB 1.0 mouse

Jon12345 · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:25

I have just got my self a new Asus P5K-E motherboard, Quad processor and new RAM. However, on rebooting my mouse does not seem to work. It is a IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 USB mouse.

Is it because it is an older USB mouse and the USB 2.0 sockets are not compatible with it?

Thanks,

Jon

semi-pro waster · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:32

The ports are designed to be backwards compatible so it shouldn't be that. Have you tried the mouse in different ports?

Jon12345 · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:37

I've tried two different ones. Are they hot swappable? Could it be that it needs a new driver? The light on the mouse isn't on at all if that is significant.

semi-pro waster · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:39

The light not coming on suggests that it isn't being recognised and therefore also not getting power.

USB is hot-swappable so it shouldn't be an issue in that sense, are other USB devices being recognised ok with the motherboard?

Jon12345 · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:46

I got it working now thanks! Tried a few different ports, tried add hardware wizard a few times and eventually it just worked!