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Microsoft wireless receiver (for keyboard and mouse) 700 v2.0 stopped working

Asked by: cityofbrentwood

This is a wireless keyboard/mouse system that is only a couple of weeks old. It just stopped working. I have replaced the batteries. It's supposed to be PnP hardware - it did not come with any install drivers. Device Manager is reporting the USB as an "Unknown device." It says the driver is not installed but when I try to update it, it says it already has the most up to date driver. Microsoft does not have drivers specific to this device on their download website. I have tried disabling/enabling, uninstalling/installing, plugging the Receiver USB plug into different plugs. I can't get it to work and I have tried this on two different machines with the same results. The receiver power light is on and the mouse optical light is on. The only indicator I see on the keyboard is a low-battery light but it is not lit.

Thanks in advance for your assistance, Jack.

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2009-03-02 at 13:02:53ID24191462
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Answers

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-02 at 13:05:23ID: 23778223

Is this a bluetooth wireless kb/mouse?  If so, find the blue "sync" button on the USB plug and the "connect" button on your mouse and keyboard.  Resync them.

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-02 at 13:06:51ID: 23778240

By the way, you may want to completely remove the drivers associated with this device:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6017628.html?tag=nl.e101

What is the make/model?

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-02 at 13:11:35ID: 23778288

Never mind.  I see the info listed at the top.  

 

by: cityofbrentwoodPosted on 2009-03-02 at 13:18:11ID: 23778371

I neglected to mention that I had already tried syncing both the keyboard and mouse with the receiver. They still didn't work.

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-02 at 13:19:37ID: 23778386

Seems you found a very popular mouse and keyboard set (popular because of problems).  Several other forums have people asking the exact same question about this device.  The short of the long is that part of the issue lies here:

Quote "I resolved this, after much consternation by going to the device manager and updating the driver. When I updated the driver, I told it to look explicitly in the Windows\INF folder.  It started loading and couldn't find a file, usbccgp.sys. I mounted the ISO image of the Windows XP SP2 CD and it loaded nicely."

Still looking for a set of reliable drivers but I would try the last two recommendations above.

 

by: cityofbrentwoodPosted on 2009-03-02 at 13:23:13ID: 23778424

Yep, tried that, too, before I posted. I pointed it to the INF folder and it did not say anything about the usbccgp.sys file. Still would not work.

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-02 at 13:24:22ID: 23778438

Have you tried removing the device through the advanced tab mentioned previous?  ; )

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-02 at 13:26:25ID: 23778459

What OS are you using?

 

by: cityofbrentwoodPosted on 2009-03-03 at 05:05:31ID: 23783295

Yep, I removed the device thru the advanced tab. Both computers I tried to install this on are Dell Optiplex GX620's. The computer it failed on is running XP Pro SP2. The computer I also tried to install it on is running XP Pro SP3.

 

by: cityofbrentwoodPosted on 2009-03-03 at 11:35:07ID: 23787457

Couldn't connect to Vista SP1 either, still "unknown device." We are going to replace it.

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-03 at 11:45:50ID: 23787616

That was going to be my next suggestion.  It sounds like it is dead.  Time to replace.

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-09 at 14:34:43ID: 23841170

In the spirit of keeping the forum clean, please accept an answer or delete the question.  If the trouble-shooting I provided helped solve the question, please choose accept.  if no suggestion helped you, please choose delete.

Thanks!

 

by: samiam41Posted on 2009-03-17 at 05:27:14ID: 23907113

Guess I would submit that with the trouble-shooting that was provided, it narrowed down what could be wrong and yielded that replacing the device was the only option left.  

 

by: cityofbrentwoodPosted on 2009-03-18 at 04:38:39ID: 23917456

The troubleshooting provided wasn't anything that I hadn't already done and we decided to replace the hardware before it was suggested here.

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