I am trying to get an old PC up from the dead. I got it to boot in Win98. It has the old keyboard plug (about 5/8" diameter) but no mouse. I have a small plugged mouse, just a little bigger than a quarter inch and an adaptor to serial. Does it go into the serial plug of the serial/parallel card? I have it their but it doesn't want to see it?!
2006-12-26 05:23:58 · 6 answers · asked by Mikel 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The PS2 keyboard and mouse connectors are probably on the same round jack that you are describing. Try booting the laptop with the mouse minus the adapter plugged into that port.
Otherwise, the serial mouse can plug into any working serial port. If it isn't working, then there could be a variety of different problems.
2006-12-26 05:29:07 · answer #1 · answered by smorgasborg69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mouse's PS2 connection goes into the adapter which then plugs into the 9 pin serial port.
Man, that is one ancient computer. It may not have enough ram to run 98 properly, or the CPU power.
2006-12-26 05:27:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all ps2 mouse connectors will work when using an adaptor to serial. Best bet is to find an old serial mouse, it should work without any extra software.
2006-12-26 05:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by smgray99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try shutting puter completley down and restart and windows will look for new hardware and maybe see it then.
have no clue what u mean about a serial card/
all puters come with a mouse plug at the back of puter to connect a mouse? try a usb adapter on your mouse and plug into usb slot.
2006-12-26 05:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by englishgal11 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You probably need to load the mousies software... I've still got some serial devices, and with Win98 (gods I've gotten old), plug and play was really plug and pray...
Find the software, install it, and you should be fine.
-dh
2006-12-26 05:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it should plug in there,reboot it should work
2006-12-26 05:27:45 · answer #6 · answered by Roadman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋