Mouse Problem

[kell3625]

I have an old computer so it needs an adapter to make it have a ps/2 connection. i have an optical mouse with a usb port connection and an adapter to make that a ps/2 connection. windows doesn't detect the mouse and i've installed the drivers and rebooted. i've also used another mouse with a ps/2 connection and it didn't work either. in device manager it doesn't even have a mouse listed. I have win95, if that helps. So Help me please!

 

[Guest_imported]

You say you have an adaptor to provide a PS/2 connection. Is this an adaptor that plugs into one of the serial ports, a card that plugs into an ISA slot, or a backplate PS/2 connector that plugs onto a 10-pin header on the motherboard?


ROGER - GØAOZ.

 

[kell3625]

It is an adapter that plugs into the serial port

 

[Guest_imported]

I have to say that I've had only occasional successes with a PS/2 mouse using this type of adaptor... Do you think you have the correct adaptor? Is your 9-pin serial connector integral with a plug-in ISA card, or does it have a ribbon cable down to a 10-pin header on the motherboard? If the latter, check that you don't have a broken wire, etc. Also, does the serial port pass all diagnostics, loopback plug, etc?

Good luck!


ROGER - GØAOZ.

 

[kell3625]

How do you run diagnostics tests, loopback and all that? I got an old mouse with just a serial port plug in so I wouldn't need an adapter, and it didn't work either. Still need Help.

 

[Guest_imported]

I think your serial port is in series trouble if your mouse
is OK. I guess you wouldn't know what a loopback plug
is? right? If you have a ext. modem, (make sure it's
working) try plug in and install it on that com port.
The installer will show you if the serial port is working
or not. Sounds a little bit crazy, using a $100 equipment
to verify a $10 one

 

[Guest_imported]

There's lots of diagnostic software around which will check serial ports. I use an old (MS-DOS) version of CHECKIT, and you can easily make up a loopback plug with a redundant D-type 9-pin serial plug and few bits of wire, and it will cost you nowhere near $100!

I think you need to check the BIOS to see that the serial port is actually enabled. When booting up the machine does the BIOS screen show the ports that are enabled? I.e. serial ports, parallel port, etc?

Can you get a friend or work colleague to check out your mouse on their machine? That would at least eliminate the mouse from the equation.

Have you lifted the lid on the PC? Is your serial connection via an add-in ISA card, or does it have a ribbon cable down to the motherboard?


ROGER - GØAOZ.

 

[FatesWebb]

you need to check the com ports in CMOS to see that they arent disabled, or set to the same resources of another device such as a modem. also in windows remove and let it redetect the com ports from device manager this too may help.