W701 Won't boot with USB dongle attached

W701 with current BIOS (6KET46WW v1.12) will hang if there is a USB dongle for a Microsoft Explorer Mouse USB dongle in the upper left USB (2.0) socket on boot. Works fine if you put the USB dongle in the lower USB/eSata socket. Note that the upper socket on this 2541-W1Z is NOT a USB 3.0 port (silver, not blue). Course I don't want to put it in that socket since I like to use that for eSata... Apparently the same problem exists in the W5XX laptops as well, but I don't see a post discussing the issue on the W701.

Have you seen the thread
Hangs on boot with Logitech wireless keyboard
Yours may be a similar problem.
I'm about to get a W701 in a day or 2 and will be in the same situation. I'll check it out and report back when I can.
ThinkPad W701 25002LG, i7 2Ghz,FX 3800M, 4Gb,16GB, SSD 320GB, DVDRW, RGB WUXGA, Wacom, Col Sensor, Fingerprint reader, Mini Dock

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