Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:55:59 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Greg Mars" <authentec@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PS/2 mice suddenly stopped working Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080322135250.0240f548@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <df70aad20803221002t14007986uc730c32ab75cabdb@mail.gmail.co m> References: <df70aad20803221002t14007986uc730c32ab75cabdb@mail.gmail.com>
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At 12:02 PM 3/22/2008, Greg Mars wrote:
>I just turned on today and my ps/2 mouse (actually SB with a ps/2 adapter)
>was not working.
>Tried reconfiguring in sysinstall to no avail.
>Tried another pure ps/2 mouse and it didn't work either.
>Took off the usb-ps/2 adapter off the original mouse, plugged it in a usb
>port, and now it works.
>
>Everything used to work just the day before.
>I guess it's possible something could be wrong with the port
>(which would be sad since the motherboard is probably 2-3 weeks old)
>
>Does anyone have any ideas on how to test this?
>I don't have another OS on this box and installing one won't be easy.
I would try a new ps/2 mouse, after inspecting the pins to be sure there
are no bent ones. And I would completely power the system off, and pull
the power cord for a minute too. This will allow any stuck components to
hopefully reset.
I occasionally get my mouse frozen through disconnection, mostly from the
help of a cat. Usually it comes right back with a complete power cycle.
-Derek
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