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Originally Posted by Neozftw Looks like either the driver failed to load, or your USB slot stopped working. Try using another USB slot (possibly on the front of the computer, because this uses a different motherboard connection than the back). To get your driver sorted out, do the following (assuming you have Windows 7): Start > Right click Computer > Properties / settings (either of these, I don't have the English version) > Device management > Mouses and other input devices > Right click the correct mouse > Tab 'Driver' > Delete If you re-plug your mouse, the driver will be installed again. This makes sure you have no broken software. I hope this helped.

surprisingly plugging the mouse back in after
a while of using my old one fixed it. maybe it just needed a bit of a rest.

Cheers anyway, I'm sure your post will help others
or if not them , me in the future. might happen again.