Wireless mouse prevents proper sleep!

Hi,
At work, I've been using a Microsoft wireless mouse (Mobile Mouse 4000) with my new ThinkPad T430s. The problem is that every time I try to put the laptop to sleep (e.g. by closing the lid, or via Fn+F4), the machine seems to go into what I can only describe as half-sleep: The monitor turns off, the keyboard is off too, but the fan keep running and I don't see the moon LED that's supposed to turn on when in sleep mode.
At that point, the only way to bring the machine back to life is to shut it down by pressing and holding the power button! Very annoying to say the least...
This problem doesn't happen when I'm home (where I don't have the actual mouse, though the USB dongle is still attached to the USB port). It also doesn't happen when I use a *wired* mouse. So I'm pretty sure it has to do with the wireless mouse.
I've already tried installing all recent windows, and driver updates (using Lenovo System Update 5). Also, I'm running windows 7 pro if anyone is curious.
Any ideas as to how to solve this issue?
Many thanks!
Shawn

Hi,
I ran into a similar problem a couple of years ago. Seems unlikely that you're having the same problem but this might be worth a try: with the dongle plugged in and the mouse active (at work, or bring it home), run windows update. See if it offers any HID-related updates.
Z.
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