[TechAssist] Re: Windows 98,no mouse control

  • From: "Jeff Lewis" <t3_jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:04:38 -0500

Hello. There is a remote possibility that someone may have seen the " Press
the F2 Key to enter setup " message and tried it. This opens a screen that
allows you to make several changes to hardware settings. I don't remember if
this particular system had this feature, but many had a menu choice called
advanced settings or peripheral settings or something similar that allowed
you to select whether or not the PS/2 mouse was enabled. If the keyboard
uses a PS/2 connector and is functional, then I would suspect this would be
the case. It is possible that the PS/2 port controller IC could be damaged,
but that would be an even more remote possibility. By the way, the key to
enter setup could also be F1, DELETE, or any other key the BIOS manufacturer
chooses.
    One last caveat. When you get to the setup screen/menu , you may be
confronted with a password logon screen. If you're fortunate, you may find a
set of three pins and one jumper straddling two of them near the flat disk
shaped CMOS battery on the system board. To clear the password , make sure
the  AC power is removed from the PSU and find the CMOS clear jumpers or
switch(es). Move the jumper to the uncovered pin or move the switch and wait
ten to fifteen seconds. Reset the jumper or switch to the original position,
reassemble, reboot and try to enter setup again. This time there should not
be a password screen. Another method  to clear the password using three
jumper pins, requires you to leave the jumper in the new position and boot
up the computer. Usually there is a silkscreened graphic nearby that tells
which two pins are jumpered to enter configuration mode  or normal boot
mode. If you power up in this configuration and you have no video or no
power, then the system does not use that method and you should power off
immediately and try the first method. There may be  other ways of clearing
the password but these are all that I have run into and hopefully you won't
need them anyway.
    Jeff Lewis
    JLL Computer.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 4:51 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows 98,no mouse control


>
> Is Windows 98 the original with this computer? Or an upgrade from 95? Best
> bet is to use the original recovery disk set, a boot floppy and a cd. If
it
> has been upgraded that will put it back to 95 so another upgrade will then
> be required. Or you can just boot to the dos prompt and reinstall 98.
> Reinstalling 98 is not bad at all since it will set up all the hardware.
95
> did not do a very good job of setting up hardware so it would sometimes be
a
> pain to reinstall.
> Jim Myers
> jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Miller" <rlmbkm@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 3:51 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Windows 98,no mouse control
>
>
> >
> > Another computer,this one is am older PB 75mhz with win 98.Cust says one
> day
> > working fine next no mouse control,unit has normal desktop and cursor.It
> > will not move.
> >  Only know a few keyboard commands how and what can I do? Thanks
> > Ron Miller
> > D.T.V. Texas
> >
> >
> > Help make your TechAssist online repair tips
> > database better!  Submit your fixes here:
> > http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips
> > To unsubscribe write to:
> > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > with  unsubscribe  in the subject line.
>
> Help make your TechAssist online repair tips
> database better!  Submit your fixes here:
> http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips
> To unsubscribe write to:
> techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> with  unsubscribe  in the subject line.
>

Help make your TechAssist online repair tips 
database better!  Submit your fixes here: 
http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips
To unsubscribe write to:
techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
with  unsubscribe  in the subject line.

Other related posts:

  1. Home
  2. techassist
  3. Archive
  4. 10-2001