No PS2/USB/Serial Mouse from a clean install!

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Skylar Sutton

Hello All,

Unique problem here - has me absolutly baffled. Tried
searching the Knowledge Base but to no avail!

I am building a frankenstein PC for my girlfreind using
parts from her older system [optical, drives, etc] and
the case/MB from her brothers system that he doesn't need
anymore.

I connected a new HD in as the master, using her old one
with 98SE as the slave, booted via CD-ROM and installed
2000 [using a fresh partition in NTFS] on the new drive.
So far so good.

Now here's the catch. I booted for the initial 2000 boot-
up, detects hardware, restarts... didn't find a mouse!
Tried searching via Add/Find Hardware, no luck. Tried
installing drivers off a CD for s different mouse i have
and using that one, no luck... has me baffled!

Here's the details... Her keyboard works fine, in one of
those really ancient keyboard jacks that are about the
size of a nickel... PCT or something like that if i
recall?

She has 2 USB ports, 1 serial, and 2 PS2... i've tried
using all of them, via different adapters and such - no
luck on any of them. Still cannot detect a mouse. Safe
mode is also a no go.

I'm really stumped because this is a clean install - i
don't understand what could be wrong! I've even tried
reformatting the new drive and redoing the install to see
if it would kickstart anything - again no luck. I'm sure
the mice are fine as i'm using one of them right now on
my own system.

Oh yeah - i also tried updating to SP4, just to make
sure - but that was worthless as well. I have no idea
what to do, and without a mouse this system is worthless!

And yes, i checked the obvious, "PS2 Mouse/Keyboard
Support" is enabled in the BIOS!

ANY help that anyone can offer would be greatly
appreciated - thank you so much!

- Skylar
 
Never seen AT motherboard with two additional PS/2 connectors. Is it
compatible with W2k?
I would re-check the assembly one more time. You could try DOS diskette with
mouse.com for the hardware test.
 
Skylar Sutton said:
Hello All,

Here's the details... Her keyboard works fine, in one of
those really ancient keyboard jacks that are about the
size of a nickel... PCT or something like that if i
recall?

She has 2 USB ports, 1 serial, and 2 PS2... i've tried
using all of them, via different adapters and such - no
luck on any of them. Still cannot detect a mouse. Safe
mode is also a no go.
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This sounds like one of those crummy "TXPro" motherboards, or similar fare
from PC Chips... the PS2 port probably connects via a ribbon cable, which
also includes the USB ports and an infrared port (which looks like a 2nd PS2
connector). Make sure this ribbon is plugged in properly (on some it was
possible to plug in backwards) and make sure the mouse is in the right port.
 
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