PS/2 Mouse disables Mouse and Keyboard

[ungood]

I recently fubar'd my USB ports on accident so I switched from using a USB Mouse/PS2 Keyboard to using a PS2 Mouse/PS2 Keyboard. I have two ps/2 mice and two ps/2 keyboards and all four devices work fine in another computer. The mouse/keyboards are not at fault.

The problem I have is that if I plug in the mouse and keyboard into their respective ps/2 ports, neither the keyboard nor the mouse will operate in windows 2000. I can use the keyboard fine in the bios, but as soon as the windows 2000 startup screen comes on, the keyboard fails to operate. If I just plug in the keyboard and not the mouse, the keyboard works fine. If I just plug in the mouse, it does not work.

I have tried to reinstall windows, but during setup when it loads all the files and it "Starting Windows 2000," the keyboard fails again.

I have wracked my brain on this, any help please?

-Jason a.k.a. UnGood

 

[soaplover]

Have you tried deleting the devices in device maganer.
And letting windows find and install ...as ps2

//Regards Soaplover

 

[dakota81]

Think the damage of your usb ports may have spread to including the ps2 ports?