PS2 Mouse killed system?!!?

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I thought I had a dead board. It turns out it was a bad PS2 mouse. I
was really surprised. The system will not even start with this mouse
plugged in. It works fine with another mouse.

Is this common? I spent three days froubleshooting before I stumbled
on the mouse issue.

TIA,
 
I thought I had a dead board. It turns out it was a bad PS2 mouse. I
was really surprised. The system will not even start with this mouse
plugged in. It works fine with another mouse.

Is this common? I spent three days froubleshooting before I stumbled
on the mouse issue.

TIA,
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It's not common but it has happened to other people too. A friend and
I were building a new computer recently and we installed a fan with a
cold cathode tube light on it. The system would not boot up with that
fan installed. Change fan and it boots with no problem.
 
It's not common but it has happened to other people too. A friend and
I were building a new computer recently and we installed a fan with a
cold cathode tube light on it. The system would not boot up with that
fan installed. Change fan and it boots with no problem.
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Ditto.PS2 mice have quite a lot of current running through them unlike
USB/Old Serial mice.Any short in them or removing them whilst there is
power to the system/board can not only cause boot problems but can
actually damage the mother board!!
 
I've seen a PCI modem do this -- the system wouldn't even post. modem out
== windows all happy and fluffy.
new modem solved the problem.
 
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