Mouse port = D.O.A.

[Rahb]

Let me tell you a story.

I come home one night from a lan party to hear my parents say that their computer is broken. Ok ok, nothing new. My old computer a Pentium 166 (i already told them to buy a new one) won't work cause my dad plug the PS2 keyboard into the mouse port when it should have been a serial (i think thats the larger plug) and smelt smoke.

Now the mouse port is dead and some how the cooling fan is broken. I have no clue how that happened. Anyone have ideas on what to do, how much it would cost to fix and where can i find the a cheap computer is unrepairable.

 

[sohcrates]

cooling fan can be replaced.

if mouse port is truly dead, it's gonna be cheaper to just get a USB mouse then to try to repair the port

 

[Rahb]

would get a usb mouse but this computer is 4+ yrs old. isn't there any other types of mice to get?

 

[sohcrates]

you could just get a serial mouse...would work just as well

or you could get a usb pci card if necessary

 

[Heisenberg]

Just for future reference, never plug in a mouse while the computer is on. There's a good chance it will fry the port.

 

[Rahb]

Heisenberg your preaching to the choir. trying to explain computers to my parents is like trying to get and elephant to pee into a shot glass.