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First post, by buckeye

Posted on 2016-08-02, 12:43

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Installed a new usb keyboard and mouse on Win98SE and at first all seemed well, but lately every other boot up the cursor/screen freezes at the desktop (sometimes doesn't make it to that). Both keyboard and mouse both show power through their "fancy lights".

Checked devices under cp and noticed mouse PS/2 had an error/exclamation point sign to it, so disabled it and for now seems fine. Both keyboard/mouse really only compatible to XP but thought I'd try it anyway. Should I forget about legacy usb in Win98se and go back to boring ps/2 connections?

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Reply 1 of 4, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2016-08-02, 13:08

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USB keyboard and mouse should work fine under Windows 98.

You might want to boot into safe mode, take a look in device manager and see if the old PS/2 keyboard is still listed. Delete it if it is.

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Reply 2 of 4, by Oldskoolmaniac

Posted on 2016-08-02, 13:13

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Try this unofficial USB driver you will have support for flash and usb hard drives as well--->http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

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Reply 3 of 4, by Jorpho

Posted on 2016-08-02, 13:34

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Are you using onboard USB boards, or a USB PCI card? Some of those USB PCI cards can be very flaky.

Reply 4 of 4, by buckeye

Posted on 2016-08-02, 14:07

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This is for the onboard USB (mobo Intel SE440BX). Tried deleting the ps/2 under devices but it would just re-install it on the next boot however didn't do it in safe mode. Would that make a difference?

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