[ale] AFTER new battery install, No Touchpad or Optical Mouse on portable PC

[Jim Kinney]

Once the battery is out, the bios will likely reset to some default bozo
mode. Dig through and see if the settings are wonky. It may have reset to
PS2 mouse only and not both PS2 and USB.

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Courtney Thomas <
courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Greetings !
>
> I replaced the battery on a Dell Latitude C810 portable and now have no
> Touchpad and the USB optical wireless mouse won't initialize even though
> it's USB receiver is recognized.
>
> The mouse itself won't initialize even though new mouse batteries tested at
> 1.5V and the receiver is recognized.
>
> Both these items previously worked.
>
> I should also add that an external USB hard drive works fine.
>
> I am forced to use a wired PS/2 mouse for the time being.
>
> Suggestions appreciated,
>
> Courtney
>
>
>
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