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Numerious other useful facts might be provided if you could provide
then necessary measurements or access. Some facts may have already
been provided. But too much information is scattered among other
posts that recommend nonsense - such as a defective BIOS. If s BIOS
is corrupted, then BIOS completely crashes the computer. Anyone with
basic programming knowledge would have known that.
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Tom,
I suggest you re-read this thread, as you have clearly mis-read what has been
suggested in the replies. Nowhere did *anyone* replying EVER suggest that the BIOS
was defective. The original poster, Rich, ASKED if there could be "a problem with
the bios that is causing a problem with the mouse." The replies he received from
J.P., Jeff, and myself all stated that the only part the BIOS would play is if there
is a setting in that BIOS to disable the PS/2 port, and if it was in fact disabled
there. No other reference to a damaged or corrupted BIOS was made in this thread.
In fact, I specifically stated in my reply to Rich:
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"If there is any sort of electrical damage to the BIOS, I doubt you would *only* be
seeing a picky mouse port, and I doubt the mouse port would even be affected.
There'd be far worse symptoms, like not being able to boot. A damaged BIOS chip
could only be replaced....not something you would do yourself and likely this older
system would not have a ready replacement available."
/quote
The only other reference to the BIOS was in response to Rich's query mentioned
above, where I also stated (and accurately) that an electrical surge could have
changed settings in the BIOS. I have seen this occur more than once. It is
possible, whether you choose to believe it or not, for a small surge to cause
changes in BIOS settings without damaging or totally corrupting the BIOS, and
without making the system unbootable. No one has made any statements here
suggesting that the BIOS was damaged, except for you.
There was no "nonsense" recommended in any of the replies, and I am frankly a bit
tired of seeing so many of your replies in these groups start off with attacks on
the replies of others, especially when your own statements are inaccurate. It is a
pattern you have followed literally for years in these groups.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
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