How can I recover mouse function ?

[busuabo]

I was using a wireless mouse in my system ( Win XP Pro , Pentium 4, 2250 mhz) when it froze. I unplugged the mouse USB receiver and plugged in a working and checked PS-2 mouse . Now I had no mouse support at all ( i.e. the mouse pointer froze ! ) when I started to reinstall WinXP Pro to repair the drivers. This was my problem : I could not complete the WinXP repair without a working mouse. The keyboard did not work during WinXP repair reinstallation ( i.e. no response from any key at all ! ). Now, each time I restart the PC, the WinXP installation process starts up again and proceed to exactly the same spot where it first demands mouse input and I get stucked there!

_ I got in the Bios set-up and double-checked the PS-2 mouse . It was setup O.K (i.e. " auto" option) .

How can I recover the mouse function to complete the WinXP repair process? Please advise .

 

[amdbeast]

If u plugged in the PS/2 mouse while the pc was on, that would explain why it froze. USB is hot-swappable but ps/2 is not.

I had a machine where if u tried installing win2k with a mouse plugged in, it would freeze. One of the windows updates fixed it and I could then plug in my mouse.

U can try running the install without a mouse plugged in at all and see if ur keyboard works then. U don't really need a mouse for the install/repair process anyway.

 

[busuabo]

Thanks, amdbeast. I unplugged the PS-2 mouse and booted up again. Nothing changed. The keyboard was non-responsive. I also noticed from the beginning, there was a mouse pointer frozen at the middle of the screen. Where did this come from ?
I am pretty certain the keyboard was o.k. as I checked it by booting up the system with a Win98 bootdisk . I could type in commands in DOS. Please advise.

 

[rockerfellerz]

You might have fried the ps/2 connector for your mouse. This can happen if a mouse is plugged in when the machine is running. Can you verify that the ps/2 mouse works with another system? You could still use a serial mouse (if you can find one...) If you're going through Hell...keep going... (Winston Churchill)
RocKeRFelLerZ

 

[franklin97355]

try booting to dos with mouse drivers and make sure the mouse works. If not you have a BIOS or hardware problem. Make sure the mouse and keyboard are plugged into the correct ports, it's easy to get them reversed.

 

[busuabo]

Thanks for these precious tips !
__ How can I check to see if the PS-2 connection was fried ? If it did, does that means I have to buy a new mobo ( It's a brandnew AsusP4B533-V , Ouch !! :-( )? Or can I replace the PS-2 Connection ? I have no idea in this area. Please instruct.

__Please give detailed guides how to check if the mouse works in DOS . I can boot the PC with a bootdisk containing <mouse.com> .

 

[busuabo]

I just shut-down the PC, connected a working PS-2 mouse to the serial port using a <PS-2 To Serial> adaptor and restarted the system. The same thing happened : no mouse response , only a frozen mouse pointer at the center of the screen . There was no keyboard response here either, but the keyboard was O.K. when I used a bootdisk to boot the system to floppy drive a:\. Please advise.

 

[busuabo]

After all these checkings, the mouse was not still working. I had to resort to the final solution: format the Windows partition and install a clean WinXP PRo from scrach. It worked and I still did not know why the PS-2 did not work before the installation. The unbelievable lesson is : if you do not know why, get ready to format the window partition . I guess I will spend some money for some a good Drive Image Creator to make the final solution a bit less painful . Thanks everyone for his contributions.