Get a boot disk for your operating system.
Put a DOS mouse driver on it.
Boot from "A" and type "mouse.com" or
whatever the mouse driver is called.
Then start a small DOS program that can use a mouse
and see if the mouse works. This will eliminate
all hardware issues. Rick Glazier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fortescue, Marshall" <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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