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Mouse and keyboard randomly stop working
Hello everyone, this problem had started for me only about 3 or so days ago, and is rather annoying. What happens is that randomly while using the mouse, it would freeze up and I would hear the "Device Disconnect" sound, and a second later the mouse would work again. This happens absolutely randomly, and after a bunch of times, both the keyboard and the mouse completely stops working. They are both connected to the USB ports on the motherboard at the back of the computer, and unplugging and replugging does not make them work again. I have tried plugging them into other USB ports, such as in the front and top of the PC, and they start working again, but only temporarily until they once again stop working completely after like 10-30 mins or so. The only solution to get the mouse and keyboard working again [temporarily], is to restart the PC using the main power button. When they stop working, the numlock light is still lit on the keyboard, but the keyboard does not respond, and I have a small indicator light on my laser mouse that just starts blinking, when it normally has never done that. Everything else is still working, such as any music playing, and the internet. I have read soooo many forum posts on the internet and have tried sooo many different things, and nothing has worked thus far, and that is why I am posting, so that perhaps someone could find a solution. Things I have already done:
I have uninstalled and reinstalled all the usb, mouse, and keyboard drivers (from both the device manager and the actual drivers CD of my computer). I went to msconfig and set it to Diagnostic startup and did a restart, thinking that perhaps something might be interfering, but nope, still did not work. I have restarted the computer in safe mode, and this problem persists even in safe mode! I have went to the Power Options in my control panel, and under the USB setting, made sure that it was already set as "Disabled".
I have no clue what precipitated this issue, and I am absolutely dumbfounded in how to solve it. Many different forum posts, have suggested this might be some sort of power issue. But I don't really believe that is the case, because I only got my current computer at the beginning of this year, I've never had an issue with my keyboard or mouse, and I've never once seen the CPU usage go to 100%, even when playing some high requirement games. If anyone has any other suggestions, I would be more than happy to try.