Why is my Optical Mouse Light On when System Is Off ?

[SourTimes]

Silly question, but I just finished building a new system MSI K8N Neo2, A64 3500+ etc... when my system is powered down the optical mouse light is still on ? what gives ?

 

[naruto1988]

i wonder that too...i think it has something to do with the system not turning off power to the USB ports. anyone got an explanation?

 

[Peter D]

Is it wireless? My MX700 stays on but thats because its wireless and is constantly powered by batteries.

Do you turn off the powerbar as well?

 

[rotarychainsaw]

on the n7s's there are jumpers right near the ps2 and usb ports that deterimne if they get power while the compy is off. There might be something simailar on yours.

 

[Zepper]

Most mobos can be turned on by various activities - kbd , network, modem etc. These functions wouldn't work unless the various peripherals had at least some power to them - so they are on the standby power line which is on all the time unless you disconnect the power from the wall. If it is a cordless mouse, you should either switch it off or put it in its charging stand when not in use - voila, no more lights.

.bh.

:sun:

 

[corkyg]

When your system is powered down, it is not 100% OFF. To get that, you need to connect to a power strip or something with a total on/off switch.

 

[ectx]

USB connetion? I can charge my USB mouse while it is powered off. But the light is off unless I am charging.

In the past I had problem with the lights on on my non-usb keyboard. I don't know how I finally get rid of the annoying problem (I tweak my stuff all the time so I don't remember sorry).

 

[Budman]

This is sometimes cause by a bios setting you enable,did you go into power settings & tell it to boot from a mouse click or keyboard key?


I have my system to boot from pressing any key on my keyboard,if i put my mouse on the ps2 port them it stays lit even when the system is powered off. check your settings in bios.