In the wee hour of 05:06 PM 7/18/01 -0400, Mike H bequeathed such tales as
these:
>Hi All,
>Got a stumper. My Mother-in-laws computer (200mmx Win95) has lost it's
>serial mouse. Windows does not recognize any mouse on the boot. I checked
>Device Manager and all serial ports seem fine, had her get a new mouse,
>didn't work but when she took it back they tried it and it worked fine. It
>has always been a ps2 mouse with a serial adapter so she got a new adapter,
>still didn't work. Then I removed it from the device manager and added it in
>new hardware, now it says device not working properly. I have removed the
>comm ports in device manager and when I reboot they reinstall just fine so I
>assume the hardware is fine.
>Any ideas? Anything would be appreciated!
>Thanks,
>Mike
Mike, do you know how old the computer is and if 95 has ever been
reinstalled on it? It may be that the controller on the motherboard is
degraded, this may be repaired but you may also be looking at a new board,
and there are still quite a few socket 7 boards being produced.
Peter Kaulback
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