Can't get PS2 mouse working

[Marko]

My USB mouse packed it in and now I'm unable to get the old PS2 mouse to
work. WinXP/Sp2.
Any idea what might be wrong?

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

My USB mouse packed it in and now I'm unable to get the old PS2 mouse
to work.

Buy a new USB mouse (low cost item) since time is money.

Any idea what might be wrong?

Could be anything. Hardware issue, driver issue (device manager) and/or
IRQ12 not being assigned to the PS/2 mouse port (BIOS).

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