Mouse won't work in Safe Mode

Bree said:

Sorry if I caused offence, it wasn't intended

Many of the keyboard navigation keys have survived unchanged since DOS through to W10, hence the reference.

Thanks. If none was intended, then none is taken.

Also, since you've been helpful both here, and in the other thread (from which I spun this off), do you think it best to continue in a single thread? If so, would this be a better a location or in the Repair Install thread?

I think it's better form to have it all in one spot. I'm not sure where would be best. I defer to your judgment.

Thanks.

LOL...they're fast.

I booted into Safe Mode, looked at Device Manager, View, Hidden, and sure enough, there was an entry for mice and other pointing devices.

So, that seems to indicate that there is a driver present, but that Safe Mode has not detected the presence of the mouse. Oddly, the keyboard can be detected in the USB port the mouse is on, but the mouse is not detected if its in the keyboard port. (I'm using USB 2.0 ports on the backplate, directly attached to the motherboard.)

Bree said:

Well, you did ask for a decision :)



I see now that you've been down this route before. Do you still have your Logitech G5 to hand?

Yeah, been here before with no resolution. The difference now? I've completely reinstalled my OS and files. This time, using Macrium, I could see that my OS drive had been missing a partition AND they were out of order. Don't ask. Yet, it worked, it booted, it -seemed- okay.

Anyhow, a few days ago I was able to get my OS drive looking just like all the MS tech support websites say your OS drive should look. Hidden partitions present and correctly ordered...so I was hoping that had something to do with this. Apparently not.


G5 is still at hand...as are a bunch of others.

Bree said:

Tried it yet? Or has it lost its WSMM title?

LOL...glad someone got it.

Okay, the G5, although in hand, was left alone. Instead, I grabbed a pair of other mice.
I tried a Logitech MX G403. It worked in Safe Mode.

Next steps:

Turn off computer. Unplug the G403, plug in the G502 into the same port. Restart in Win10. Select advanced options/safe mode. Reboot. The G502 was still unrecognized. (BTW, this is not the SAME G502 as in my earlier report. It is a new piece of hardware since then. Replaced under Logitech warranty a few months ago.)

Next steps:

Similar to above but tried my old Logitech MX518. It works in Win10 Normal Mode, but, like the G502, is totally dead in Safe Mode.

Interesting observation: laying the MX518 so it was belly-up, the laser flashed each time I plugged it into any of the USB ports. So, there is power... (Again, for clarity, I initially used the USB port which works with the G403 in Safe Mode. Yes, the laser in the MX518 briefly flashed when plugged into that port but then stayed out and the mouse was unresponsive with no cursor on the screen.)

G403 works in Safe Mode. In fact, it was hot-swappable. Pull out, plug in, pull out, etc. It always worked when plugged in.

The G403 is the only mouse (at hand) which is a Working Safe Mode Mouse.

At least, I know that it is a mouse issue, not a Windows issue???