# Logitech MX Revolution Mouse Question:

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-mx-revolution-mouse-question/699039>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-mx-revolution-mouse-question/699039 "2014-09-20T20:13:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-mx-revolution-mouse-question/699039/1 "2014-09-20T20:13:44Z")

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I have a Logitech Revolution mouse that finally wore out. I purchased another one on E-Bay without a charger or receiver. Well, it fit in the charger OK and charged, but I cannot get it to connect with my computer. (USB 2.0) It doesn’t say on either mouse anything about Bluetooth, which was my first thought about incompatibility.  
So, am I screwed? Sold a defective mouse? Or are there different frequencies for each individual mouse? Also, I checked all the information of the back of the mouse (that I could read) and everything looked identical.  
Any Logitech-ers out there can help me?  
😕

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**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-mx-revolution-mouse-question/699039/2 "2014-09-20T20:18:28Z")

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The operate on different frequencies or channels, otherwise having two mice in range of each other would cause interference.

They have to pair to the charger / base. I have no idea how to do that, but I _think_ it’s done from within Logitech’s mouse driver software suite.

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**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-mx-revolution-mouse-question/699039/3 "2014-09-20T20:19:45Z")

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I think this [link](http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Mice-Hardware/How-can-I-pair-a-MX-Revolution-mouse/td-p/262638)might help. Not super detailed, but this looks like what you need.