You are correct. I should have read it more carefully. Replugging means it
is not cordless.
If the light goes out, it is losing its voltage. Highly unlikely the port is
going bad or is defective.
More than likely the cord has a broken intermittent connection.


"Janetb" <Janetb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Either its light goes out or it freezes. Since I can fix it simply by
> unplugging and replugging (USB), it sounds like a bad connection, but
> these
> parts never move, so the contacting surfaces can't (?) be shifting. Does
> something perhaps need to be cleaned? Never had any problems with it
> before.
> Are there elements of a mouse or a hub that wear out? It's on a hub with a
> separate power source. Yes, I tried changing ports. Is there a way to test
> a
> hub? To test its power source? I just plugged it directly into the
> computer
> (without hub) and will see how that works--but meanwhile I am missing the
> hardware that shared the hub....:-(...I also tried my spare hub (which
> does
> not have a searate power source). I would like to be able to check my two
> hubs, but don't know how one would go about doing that....
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Janet
>
> "Jim" wrote:
>>
>> How is it "konking out " ?
>>