Resolved Mouse issues

MrBill · 2013/12/07

"Evan Omo said: ↑

Well that's great that you were able to resolve the problem.
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Why not. Done this more times than I can count. House didn't burn down.

SpywareDr · 2013/12/07

Wikipedia > PS/2 connector > Hotplugging

Hotplugging

PS/2 ports are designed to connect the digital I/O lines of the microcontroller in the external device directly to the digital lines of the microcontroller on the motherboard. They are not designed to be hot swappable. Hot swapping PS/2 devices usually does not cause damage because more modern microcontrollers tend to have more robust I/O lines built into them which are harder to damage than those of older controllers; however, hot swapping can still potentially cause damage on older machines, or machines with less robust port implementations.

If they are hot swapped, the devices must be similar enough that the driver running on the host system recognizes, and can be used with the new device. Otherwise, the new device will not function properly. While this is seldom an issue with standard keyboard devices, the host system rarely recognizes the new device attached to the PS/2 mouse port. In practice most keyboards can be hot swapped but this should be avoided.
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James Martin · 2013/12/07

Is PS2 a dying interface? (like parallel ports and floppy drives)

I don't think my new PC even has a PS2 port.

Evan Omo · 2013/12/08

Many new motherboards still include a PS/2 port in case a peripheral device still uses it but yes it is not as popular and is not as widely used as USB ports.

SpywareDr · 2013/12/08

Wikipedia: PS/2 connector

High-end keyboards that provide full n-key rollover typically do so via a PS/2 interface as the USB mode most often used by the BIOS has a cap of only six keys plus modifiers to be pressed at the same time, thereby hindering fast typists as well as users who depend on unusual hotkeys to be recognized by special software (for example, for system development purposes) or seek to use alternative input methods like Braille or chorded input.

Compared to USB, the PS/2 interface has much lower latencies, which can be important in some real-time applications or gaming.

Use of PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse connectivity allow USB ports to be totally disabled, preventing the connection of any USB removable disks.
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