Optical (wired) Mouse difficulties, any suggestions?
Hello,
Curious to know if anyone has experience using a Blue Sonic Optical (Wired) mouse with Leopard OS X? In the system Profiler, USB TREE this what I get when its plugged in, Oly right mouse button works, no cursor movement, device does light-up...
In The USB Mouse:
Product ID: 0x0a33
Vendor ID: 0x15d9
Version: 1.00
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Location ID: 0x04100000
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 100
I went back and exchanged it or another.
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