#Mouse died
I booted up my new workstation last night to find that the mouse has
stopped working — the command to load the driver gives back the message
that the mouse is not responding. It worked fine yesterday. A routine
(COMCHECK) supplied by the mouse company says that activity is coming from
COM1, where it is supposed to, but suggests I check the switches or jumpers
on the input card, particularly the IRQ settings. I did nothing to change
those settings (that I know of), so I am confused. The I/O card in the
system has no separate instructions, so I don't know what I should be
looking for re. jumper settings. I can use any advice which anyone may
have to offer. In particular:
a) Can IRQ settings be changed via software? If so, how do I check the
current settings, and how do I change them?
b) The only thing I have done with the machine since the last time I was
happily working away with AutoCAD using the now recalcitrant rodent, is to
put a joystick controller card in, since the game port on the I/O card did
not work well with my favorite flight sim. I literally did nothing other
than plug the new card in, and go — no changed settings, etc. Could the
sudden appearance of another input cause the system to reconfigure its
ports?
System is a clone 486/33, 12Mb RAM, AMI bios, Logitech serial mouse.
Any and all help appreciated. I am delighted to be able to play hot flight
sims on this machine, but I sure can't justify its cost without AutoCAD!
Lincoln