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I recently bought a wireless mouse and it just stopped working. Every time I turn it on it flickers and the light just goes out. Does anyone know how to fix it?
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1. It's new so you exchange it.
2. It's the battery so you put in a new one. A new wireless mouse does not mean the battery is good for long.
Nothing works believe me I have tried a few things I found on the internet and I bought new batteries and still doesn't work. I also cannot exchange it as I lost the receipt.
Even if you have to borrow one, you swap in a different mouse to test if the mouse is the issue. It sounds like that's the problem here, so if a different mouse fixes the issue, and you can't return the one you have, then you buy a new one.
Hope this helps.
Grif
Post was last edited on November 16, 2018 12:45 PM PST
I have a spare one and am using it now but I was just wondering if someone knows how to fix it as i like the other one more.
So you have a working mouse and a non working mouse which you like better but can't return. Answer? Go buy a new mouse, the one you like.
Dafydd.
Post was last edited on November 16, 2018 2:24 PM PST
On this or other PCs then it's a warranty situation. If it was no warranty, and it doesn't work anywhere the answer to how to make it work is ... nope. In decades I think I've run into a handful of mice that were repairable. For those it was the rare situation where you could see why it didn't work.
For optical mice it's the old piece of paper get into the mouse's eye and for mice with balls you clean the balls and rollers.
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