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Mouse will not work in serial port

Oct 5, 2004 4:13AM PDT

Xp Home Started with Logitech optical mouse in the serial port with adapter. No red light and pointer did not move. Steps I have taken taken to make it work. Removed Logitech mouse and installed the original mouse with out the adapter, that did not work either. Also checked for bent pins (OK) Reinstalled the Logitech on a open USB. It worked. The mouse worked fine yesterday but not today. I would like to find why it did not work and how to fix. Thanks Joe

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Re: Mouse will not work in serial port
Oct 5, 2004 5:44AM PDT
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I haven't seen an optical Mousework in serial port
Oct 5, 2004 5:53AM PDT

The reason is simple. The serial port doesn't have the power to run such a mouse. Yes, you can buy USB or PS2 to RS232 adapters or find such, but I think you've found such an adapter and was hoping it would work.

Bob

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Thanks Micheal and Bob
Oct 5, 2004 6:29AM PDT

Checked all items mentioned All OK. I guess I was lucky to have the optical mouse last a year in a standard mouse port. I will leave it the way it is with the optical mouse in the USB. As Bob says "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" Thanks again.