[BC] computer question

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 01 June 2006 08:09 pm, jvodenik wrote:
> OK, I'll give you that.  But why will one work and the other NOT work
> with the exact same cable?  That's the problem.  Not blaming XP, but
> this is the one not working.  The working cable is approx 40 feet and
> will not work on XP machine, but works on the NT box.  The 50 foot cable
> also works on the NT box, but not XP.  The only difference, is they are
> located in different racks.

 OK. That's a bit more info than we had.
 All and all, I'm still suspecting a difference in the port hardware.

 It would be real nice if you could install NT on the machine that's 
 not presently working, but I suspect that isn't realistic.

 Now that we know about the 40 foot cable, I suspect your next step
 is ( as others have suggested ) a good KVM.

 One last thing you might try ( if you haven't already ) would be to boot
 the machine with the mouse plugged directly into the port.
 Once up and running, and the mouse working, unplug the mouse and
 move it to the far end of the extension cable without shutting down or
 rebooting.
 Does it work now ?
 If it does, and apparrently reliably, then it could be a driver thing.
 Move it back to the port, again without shutting down.
 Does it work now ?

-- 
Cowboy