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serial mouse port
Name: nina20021 Date: September 17, 2006 at 18:38:20 Pacific OS: win 2k CPU/Ram: 400mz Product: built
Comment:
i have as serial mouse port. But I have a ps/2 mouse. I bought the adapter for serial to ps/2 but for whatever reason the mouse us still not showing up. Can some1 help me with this?
Name: Stephen Fox Date: September 17, 2006 at 19:24:00 Pacific
Reply:
If it is a laptop you may have to go into the BIOS and adjust this. Most BIOS have options to enable, disable, or only disable the touchpad when a PS/2 is installed.
Stephen Fox Windows 95 4.00.950 C PENTIUM MMX 333MHz; 384MB RAM GATEWAY 2000 P6-333 DESKTOP 80GB
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Response Number 2
Name: nina20021 Date: September 17, 2006 at 21:26:42 Pacific
Reply:
It is not a laptop it is a desktop.
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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: September 17, 2006 at 21:52:01 Pacific
Reply:
See if your serial ports are enabled in BIOS.
I have used many of these adapters; some work and some don't; dunno why.
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