mouse/keyboard frozen

[scotagne]

My MS Intellimouse 4.0 and Aspire keyboard have been freezing. Everything else is up to date and working. I unplugged the mouse recently while the computer was on. Did I short out the PS/2 controllers on the motherboard. I have a 2 month old el cheapo ECS mobo that came with an AMD bundle. Thanks in advance.

 

[1sikbITCH]

My Intellimice used to crap out on me all the time too, and that's partly what would happen. Use another mouse for a while and see if the freezing continues.

I've unplugged and plugged in both mice and keyboards a million times with the computers running and never shorted anything out. You can always get one of those green ps-2 to USB adapters, and see if that's the problem, but I doubt it.

Btw, I gave up on Intellimouse and switched to a Logitech MX300 about 3 years ago and have had no further problems.

 

[scotagne]

Update: I think the problem was a bad motherboard. May have been defective. I bought it bundled with an AMD processor for a great price. It was an ECS 755-A2. Might have damaged two WD HD's. bummer. New mobo and new Raptor. Running nice now. Yee haw!