No Mouse on SP97V ASUS

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November 24th, 2002, 11:34 AM
Rkring1

No Mouse on SP97V ASUS

OK , its has whipped me ,need some ideas as to what to try next. This %^^$#@#$#$ will not find the mouse. I have tried serial mice & PS2's , 0 filled the drive and reloaded , flashed the BIOS twice , tried a PS2 on an ATX form card. I have bypassed the onboard video , tried an ISA video and a PCI video . Memory is new Micron EDO ,CPU is an AMD 266 , no sound card installed. It did find a serial modem when I installed it , so I "assume" the serial ports are OK , maybe the mouse uses different pins ? I don't know what to try next , any ideas ??:confused: :confused:
November 24th, 2002, 12:28 PM
NooNoo

What os? Did you try a usb? Was the serial mouse a true serial mouse or a ps2 with a serial adapter?
November 24th, 2002, 02:54 PM
Rkring1

Fixed It

NooNoo , thanks for the help , in the meanwhile , I got it working. Apparently the on board serial ports were dying , I put in an old I/O card and the mouse worked ! Strange that it was finding a modem , but not the mouse , however now it finds nothing . The ATX form factor PS2 port won't work either. At least it is useable , although it will probably gather dust now that I have had my fun w/ it. Thanks again
November 24th, 2002, 11:40 PM
Ruslan

Re: No Mouse on SP97V ASUS

It is an ASUS SP97-V SIS5598 AT motherboard, isn't it?
If so, check the COM cables - most likely you're using wrong cables... There are at least two different (and thus, incompatible) pinouts of that cable... Check it out... ;)
November 27th, 2002, 08:44 PM
Rkring1

Thanks Ruslan ....I think you are right on with this one . I wasn't aware of the different COMM pinout , but that explains it . Meanwhile I think I've burned the controller with all the screwing around...............amazing what one can acomplish w/ the help of a bit of ignorance ..:D :D Still a great old motherboard though.
November 28th, 2002, 10:09 PM
Ruslan

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Originally posted by Rkring1
Still a great old motherboard though.

True... I was running the same motherboard with AMD-K6-2-400 CPU and WD30Gig (with latest beta-BIOS)... Worked stable and fast...
There is also unofficial BIOS for this board, supporting any latest AMD CPUs and any large harddrives...
November 29th, 2002, 05:48 AM
Rkring1

Yes , that is exactly where I was headed with this one until I found the port problem . I may still do it just for fun , the bios is already flashed to the beta bios , just got to get an AMD processor for it.