Help - my mouse has gone missing

[trickdick]

Hi

 

My first post on here - help please!

 

I have just started my PC and I get the message " mouse was not found" in the startup sequence. The pc then starts but the pointer stays in the centre of the screen.

 

I am running Windows XP

 

I have added no new software or hardware, other than a replacement mouse a few days ago, and everything has been working ok since then - that said - I think this is the first time the pc has been restarted since then.

 

I have looked in the device manager mice are not mentioned at all

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you!

[danzil]

hi there trickdick

we are gonna need some more info here.

is the mouse usb,or ps/2...

is the mouse optical or rollerball......

ok if it is usb can you make sure usb mouse n keyboard support is on in the bios....

also try another usb connection..

if it is ps/2 then mmmmmmmm...try to make sure no pins are bent on the mouse,,,,,dissconnect it then reconnect it and try again...

post back if the above doesnt help/

regards

danzil

ps,,,,,to get into the bios is usuallt the "delete key" or "f2",,,during the first stages of pc boot up ....post (power on self test)if it is ps/s try usb.vice versa

[trickdick]

hi there trickdick

we are gonna need some more info here.

is the mouse usb,or ps/2...

is the mouse optical or rollerball......

ok if it is usb can you make sure usb mouse n keyboard support is on in the bios....

also try another usb connection..

if it is ps/2 then mmmmmmmm...try to make sure no pins are bent on the mouse,,,,,dissconnect it then reconnect it and try again...

post back if the above doesnt help/

regards

danzil

ps,,,,,to get into the bios is usuallt the "delete key" or "f2",,,during the first stages of pc boot up ....post (power on self test)if it is ps/s try usb.vice versa

ps2 mouse - ive tried another mouse and that doesnt work either

 

rollerball mouse

 

tried unplugging and plugging in again to no avail

 

thanks Denzil hope you can help

[danzil]

hi ya there mate,can you obtain a usb mouse from somewhere,,,maybe a friend,or a shop...no more then a fiver £5 birtish money......give that a try....it may be your ps/2 slot but i would like to be able to rule that out with the usb mouse.........

see the thing is rollerball mice, have a tendancy to break qiute easily..the ball runs along 4 spinldes that have a round pice of plastic on them,,,,the round piece of plastice controls the axis obviously up down left n right,,,these can become kapupt quite easily.

try usb then let me know....

could be hardware issue yet,

regards

danzil