First post, by carlostex
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Guys sometimes my motivation just fades away. I love doing this but i constantly get problems that just don't make any sense.
Now i'm having some trouble with my mouse. Recently i just made a video where i could finally upgrade a SB 2.0 to be CMS capable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgblqq4pFTs
Although the real purpose of the video is not relevant here, please just watch the first 1:30 minutes of the video. You see my mouse?
It is a Dexin Combo mouse. Although it is a ball mouse, it can do 800DPI and it is very very precise (for a ball mouse). As you can see in the video it is a PS/2 mouse which i'm using with a RS232 adapter. You are also able to see that the Logitech driver does find the mouse and installs it on COM1.
Until today i replaced my CDROM for a slower one as the other was too fast and noisy. Hours later and a few boots afterwards, the logitech driver could not find the mouse anymore.
Tried reseating the controller card, tried to make sure adapter was well connected but the damn driver just can't see it. So i brought one of my older serial mice, and all worked. Tried the Dexin combo mouse again and nothing. Maybe the adapter went bananas so i tried a couple more i had there and still the driver couldn't see the mouse.
So i had to test more and grabbed my 486 system. With a Zida tomato board, i first tried connecting the mouse on pure PS2. Tried it and worked! OK so the mouse is working which made me think all adapters were screwed up. Tried it in serial with the adapter and nothing again. I thought OK maybe adapters are really dead.
So i tried also my pure serial mice just to prove my theory, but to my surprise, they didn't work!!! WTF is going on here?
Tried pretty much everything with the 486, changing connectors, checked the BIOS, everything is fine. I even replaced the board for another zida, ran the same tests and it was the same. 486 does not want serial mice.
Any ideas, any clues i reslly need some help