Well guys, sorry for the very late posting but the new port did arrive and did not solve the issue so I am still trying to figure this out.

Guys, thanks for the assistance and Tiido thanks for the link pin out discussion. Not sure if this is the real issue or not but I have tested the pins on my current port and found on a ebay for 5 bucks a port that is pinned the other way. Hopefully the new port will a inexpensive 5 buck fix, fingers …

I have tried many times still to no success. The only other thing I think of is the pin outs and how the port is wired but this is strict a guess. Thanks for your input though.

Today I have been pulling my hair our trying to get a serial mouse working on a Zida 4dps with windows 98SE installed.

Currently I am requiring assistance in getting a proper serial mouse working with windows 95 or 98se. This is what I know thus far. The motherboard is a Zida 4DPS. The mouse is a 2 button (no wheel) beige MS proper serial (no adapter) mouse that works. The COM ports are enabled in the system bios …