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I would suggest at this point is disableing the onboard mouse & getting
an expansion board with either a serial port or ps2 port and installing
that to take care of the problem...
Steve
>>> [log in to unmask] 12/13/01 10:18AM >>>
If it is an "older" computer, the ribbon cable could be bad. Yes, that
does actually happen. You would be wise to replace all the ribvbon
cables.
>I am working on an older computer...it doesn't have any ps/2
ports...just a
>serial port and the old fashion type port for the keyboard. The mouse
does
>not work at all. What I have done: installed drivers, re-installed
Win98,
>deleted the mouse from the Device Manager and hoped that Windows would
find
>the hardware. I think that has exhausted the "software" aspect of
this
>problem. Inside the computer, the port to the MB connection (a
ribbon
>cable) seems to be connected tightly and accurately. Is there anyway
that
>the port-to-mb ribbon cable is the problem? Is there anything else I
should
>try?
>
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