Intellipoint Explorer 3.0 Mouse problem

Hi,

Im running a Microsoft Intellipoint Explorer 3.0 Mouse
through the PS/2 connection on my Windows XP pro computer.

The mouse works fine, and the software is installed
properly etc. However, whenever I shut down the computer,
the mouse doesnt turn off, the optical lamp is still
obviously fully lit, and wont turn off until I turn off
the power at the wall.

In the short term, this is a minor problem as leaving it
on isnt that big a deal, but I feel a bit uneasy as to
having to leave it on in the long run.

The mouse was turning off properly when I was running
Windows ME. However, recently I have upgraded to Windows
XP and im suddenly having the problem. I uninstalled the
software for the mouse and installed it again, no such
luck.

Does anyone have and ideas as to what the problem could
be?

Your mouse will remain on if your motherboard supplies power through the
PS/2 port.
That is by design so that your mouse can be used to wake up/turn on your
computer from an off/sleep/suspend stage.

If you want to disable this, you'll need to find the appropriate switch to
disable in your bios (it'll be something like wake via ps/2 or something
like that). For some motherboards, you may even have to change some jumpers
to completely cut off the flow of power to the ps/2 port when the computer
is in a down state.

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:929301c3ea38$eb7a39f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Im running a Microsoft Intellipoint Explorer 3.0 Mouse
> through the PS/2 connection on my Windows XP pro computer.
>
> The mouse works fine, and the software is installed
> properly etc. However, whenever I shut down the computer,
> the mouse doesnt turn off, the optical lamp is still
> obviously fully lit, and wont turn off until I turn off
> the power at the wall.
>
> In the short term, this is a minor problem as leaving it
> on isnt that big a deal, but I feel a bit uneasy as to
> having to leave it on in the long run.
>
> The mouse was turning off properly when I was running
> Windows ME. However, recently I have upgraded to Windows
> XP and im suddenly having the problem. I uninstalled the
> software for the mouse and installed it again, no such
> luck.
>
> Does anyone have and ideas as to what the problem could
> be?

Thanks for the reply. But surely if its happening with XP
but not ME then its a problem with XP?

I cant seem to edit those options in my bios, there isnt
anything relating to ps2 ports.

If all else fails can I connect the mouse to USB to
eliminate the problem with power whilst in the off state?

Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>Your mouse will remain on if your motherboard supplies
power through the
>PS/2 port.
>That is by design so that your mouse can be used to wake
up/turn on your
>computer from an off/sleep/suspend stage.
>
>If you want to disable this, you'll need to find the
appropriate switch to
>disable in your bios (it'll be something like wake via
ps/2 or something
>like that). For some motherboards, you may even have to
change some jumpers
>to completely cut off the flow of power to the ps/2 port
when the computer
>is in a down state.
>
>--
>Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>
>Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>
>"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:929301c3ea38$eb7a39f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Im running a Microsoft Intellipoint Explorer 3.0 Mouse
>> through the PS/2 connection on my Windows XP pro
computer.
>>
>> The mouse works fine, and the software is installed
>> properly etc. However, whenever I shut down the
computer,
>> the mouse doesnt turn off, the optical lamp is still
>> obviously fully lit, and wont turn off until I turn off
>> the power at the wall.
>>
>> In the short term, this is a minor problem as leaving
it
>> on isnt that big a deal, but I feel a bit uneasy as to
>> having to leave it on in the long run.
>>
>> The mouse was turning off properly when I was running
>> Windows ME. However, recently I have upgraded to
Windows
>> XP and im suddenly having the problem. I uninstalled
the
>> software for the mouse and installed it again, no such
>> luck.
>>
>> Does anyone have and ideas as to what the problem could
>> be?
>
>
>.
>