[pajckson]

My problem is that I moved my computer to another room and when i went to go hook it back up it gave me an error message saying that it did not see and mouse connection what is wrong please help my computer is a hp pavillion

 

[Cheeseball81]

Have you tried another mouse?

What kind of mouse is it? Optical? USB? PS2?

 

[etaf]

have you plugged the mouse in correctly
have you bent any pins in the connector

what type of mouse - ps2/usb/wireless

 

[pajckson]

I am not sure i think it is a ps2 it is an older computer yes i did try another mouse i am not sure if it is bent. I know I did not bend it. Also it is green at the end.

 

[etaf]

yes i did try another mouse

- and what happened with a different mouse

 

[pajckson]

same thing

 

[finwood]

I have zapped (static electricity) my ps2 port on two different computers while plugging in a mouse. If that is what's wrong you can try a usb mouse. In the past when it happened to me, I switched to a serial mouse, but they don't make those anymore. If your computer is too old for usb support, you could find a serial mouse at a thrift store.

 

[pajckson]

I do have usb port is that what i need I have two

 

[finwood]

If your ps2 port is the problem, you can buy an use a usb mouse.

 

[pajckson]

thank you i will buy it tommorow

 

[pajckson]

i bought a usb mouse and plugged it in and it did not work what can I do next

 

[JayT]

You might want to read this:

http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=340876&seqNum=7

 

[etaf]

did you instal any drivers with the usb mouse ????
havce you looked in device manager and seen what state the mouse is - any yellow or red icons????
you could delete all the reference to mouse in the device manager and let windows re detect
also make model of PC / motherboard, may also be getting the driver and reloading