Win2k can't use my PS/2 mouse port!

[brainsoft 0]

I though I had killed my PS/2 ports some how, they used to work when I got the mobo, but one day they didn't anymore. I don't know what happened, but I always felt sure I messed something up somehow, and have since been forced to use a USB mouse an keyboard.

 

All that occured months ago. A few days ago, while running XP, I decided test out my PS/2 ports and see if they worked. I couldn't remember why I had stopped using the PS/2 port + adapter for my Explorer. I only remember being very upset that I had damaged my mobo, would have to use a USB keyboard AND take up both my USB ports. At the time I couldn't use my Strategic Command anymore, I was quite depressed. Anyways, the other day I plugged my mouse back into the PS/2 port with the adapter, and much to my surprise the mouse worked, and since it worked, I left it there, freeing up one of my two USB ports.

 

Over the past week or two XP had been giving me considerable CD related grief, so yesterday night I reformatted and installed Win2k again. Everything was going smoothly, until Win2k booted up to the GUI portion of the install process. I grabbed the mouse to click the "Next" button, and the cursor stubbornly refused to move! After completing installation with the keyboard, I moved the mouse back to the USB port and everything was running perfectly again. Unfortunately I was unable to check the PS/2 keyboard port as well, as I sold my old keyboard with my old computer.

 

I know know that the PS/2 mouse port works! XP used it just fine, no problem at all, but when I reinstall Win2k the port appears to not work!

 

Does anyone know why on earth my PS/2 port would work in WinXP but not Win2K?!

 

PS: This is an A-Bit BP6.

[brainsoft 0]

It's a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer. I'm going to try using newer drivers, if there are any, but this is the first explorer, the x-06, not the x-08 that they sell now. Windows has no problem detecting it a USB. I find it strange that an OS wouldn't know how to deal a standard input port like PS/2.

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I am using it as USB, it's the only way I can use it in Win2k. You're not using it as USB if you're using the adapter; you're using it as PS/2.

[DosFreak 2]

Remove /fastdetect from your boot.ini

[brainsoft 0]

Sorry for the confusion Alex, I have never seen that mouse before. Mine is the Explorer, the big grey one with the red tail light!

 

Like so: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/ie_info.asp

 

It's the older version though, the buttons are larger and it only scans at 1500 Hz, not 6000 like the new one.

 

I didn't know there was a ps/2 to usb adaptor, I thought I had just misunderstood you.

[brainsoft 0]

removing /fastdetected didn't work

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And that theory doesn't work because the mouse USED to work just fine.

 

grrr

[brainsoft 0]

As far as I know Abit has withdrawn support from Canada. I wouldn't bother RMAing it anyways, I couldn't even go a week without a computer much less 2.5 months! Anyways, I can survive.

 

When I get my own USB keyboard I will definatly get one with a small hub in it, 2 ports. That way I will still have USB ports avaliable.

 

I'm also thinking about going back to XP. My movies are choppy on Win2k for some reason, I think it may be WMP, even though I have WMP8 on it here now. I just hope I can tolerate the problems XP has with my burner. Perhaps a fresh install would fix that, I never did a fresh install after I got this burner, I just replaced a ghost image.

 

I'll upgrade to XP and see what happens, and if nothing works, I can replace the partition with my Win2k ghost image.

 

hmmm.