Won't recognize mouse after battery replacement

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Ann - 20 Oct 2003 20:39 GMT

My old win 95 machine's battery died a couple of months
ago. We finally replaced it and the machine seems to
work again--except that it won't recognize the mouse.
Now this machine originally had a serial mouse port. We
bought a new ps/2 mouse a while back which came with it's
own adapter. This mouse worked fine prior to the battery
burn out. This mouse still works--on another computer.
So, I guess there's something in the setup somewhere, but
I don't know where. I also don't know how to just let
the keyboard take over. Any help would be much
appreciated.

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Jim Eshelman - 20 Oct 2003 22:31 GMT

> My old win 95 machine's battery died a couple of months
> ago. We finally replaced it and the machine seems to
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> the keyboard take over. Any help would be much
> appreciated.

When you replce the battery, all of the CMOS ("setup") settings go back to
the hardware manufacturer's default. Presumably your technician changed
these as thought fit after installing the new battery, but it sounds like
there is a setting (maybe related to the port) that didn't get configured
properly. Go into the setup from your initial hardware start screen and see
what you can find.

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Ann - 21 Oct 2003 17:09 GMT

Well, the was a do-it-yourself job. I got a relative to
do the soldering, and I'm the software technician, so to
speak! A pretty ignorant one.

I went back into the CMOS setup and couldn't find
anything that looks mouse-related. My brother, the
solderer, has suggested that I reseed all the cards.
Might this be an issue? I can't figure out what else to
do. Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>> My old win 95 machine's battery died a couple of months
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>properly. Go into the setup from your initial hardware start screen and see
>what you can find.

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Gerry Voras - 02 Nov 2003 04:40 GMT

You need to find something related to serial or ps/2 setup parameters.
You'll have to set the COM definition for each physical port, and maybe the
IRQ as well.

> Well, the was a do-it-yourself job. I got a relative to
> do the soldering, and I'm the software technician, so to
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> >
> >.

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