OS X not pairing with 3rd party mouse

Hey Guys,
I got a new trust MI-5300p (there's no specification difference between this and the MI-5300m) mini bluetooth mouse yesterday.
I switched it on, the red scanning light came on and it behaved like a normal optical mouse (but with no cable or computer connection). That was good. I then pressed the connect button and tried to get OS X to connect to it. By default Bluetooth Setup Assistant uses a blank passkey. This failed so I tried no passkey (in "Any device" options) and got this:
Gathering information about your device
The computer needs information about your device to determine how it can interact with it. This should only take a few seconds.
Continue
then instantly:
Congratulations! Your computer is now set up to use your Bluetooth mouse.
Quit
But the mouse doesn't appear in any of the bluetooth or mouse settings in the control panel. (It hasn't paired.)
I have now tried booting in ubuntu (linux). The mouse connects just fine after running a few commands in the shell so I know the mouse isn't dead.
After trying to pair with OS X the mouse is still in connecting mode as it doesn't have its scanning light on (except briefly when switching off and on).
This problem has been replicated on an iBook which also has 10.4.6 installed.
Any ideas what is going wrong and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance!
12" Powerbook 1.5 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hey,
It seems that the problem is something to do with the paring process. I managed to get it working in the end by downgrading my system to 10.4.1 (I think), pairing the mouse and upgrading to 10.4.6 (now 10.4.7).
I haven't the guts to try re-pairing with 10.4.7 as I really don't have the time to reinstall.
When I didn't get any answers on the web I filled in an Apple bug report which is still "open" so I don't think the bug has been fixed anyway.
I hope that helps.
Is your mouse the same model as mine or a different one? If it is different in any way I think it would be worth letting Apple know as they may want to fix this sooner.

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