Annoyances w/ a usb mouse

[dakota81]

I've got a Microsoft Intellimouse that Windows XP doesn't want to recognize upon startup, and it's really becoming irritating. It's usually about a 50/50 shot as to whether my mouse will work upon initial booting. If it works then, it will work until I reboot. When the mouse doesn't work upon initial boot, all I have to do is unplug it then plug it back in. Any thoughts?

I've got an MSI motherboard w/ the KT400 chipset & WinXP Pro. The board's ports are USB2 while the mouse is USB1 if that makes a difference.

 

[ebcd]

Check within your motherboard BIOS settings for support for usb keyboard and mouse.

If they are disabled, try to enable then to see that helps.

 

[NCShadow]

Yes, In your BIOS make sure your USB Keyboard Support is enabled during bootup, even if you are using a PS2 Keyboard but have a USB Mouse. This is especially a problem when you have the mouse plugged into your first USB Port (On the left as you face it from the back). That should solve the problem.

 

[dakota81]

I flipped the "legacy support" option in the bios to enabled, so I'll see how that works out.