Potential USB problem. Please help.

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Here's my situation...
I've recently got an adapter for my Dualshock 2 joysticks, Dualshock 2 to USB. Now, when I plug in the adapter, Windows does recognise it. It installed drivers, and and shows up correctly in the device manager. However, when I plug the adapter in, my mouse stops working. It either moves very slow, or just disappears. Windows continues to work normally, as if I've just unplugged the mouse.
I've tried re-installing the drivers, and various USB port combinations. None work. When I plug the adapter to my dad's PC, there are no problems. Thing is, this adapter WORKED ON THIS PC!
So...
Could it be a faulty motherboard (MS-9661 V1.1) or should I just do a clean install on windows, since the adapter used to work?
 
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My thought would the the plug itself. May be a "looser" fit in your PC and fits more tightly in your Dad's PC. Does not take much to have intermittent connections with low end ("cheap-o") devices.

You might try a using an USB extension cable between the mouse and the respective USB ports. Could change the snugness/tightness enought to make a more permanent connection.

And sudden failures do happen - sometimes just a bit more force, a twist, small drop, whatever, will reach a threshold that causes failures. Some products will fail with cumulative use. Planned "obsolesence" to be kind with the wording. Low end products are generally doomed from the start. But even high end products can have such failures. But there are...
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Do you get any error messages when the mouse stops working? Could be that some other software application or game device is interferring.

Could be some resource conflict with the mouse - make and model?

One thing you can do is check the Event Viewer logs for error messages and warnings. Look for events that occur at the time the adapter is plugged in or just afterwards. Or when the joysticks are plugged into the adapter as well.

You will need to look through the various logs to find where the entries may be. Then leave the log open and plug in the adapter, joysticks, etc. to see what happens and is hopefully logged. Any resulting error codes may be useful.
 
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Event Viewer didn't help. No, I don't get any errors or whatnot. It's just a cheap-o mouse, nothing spectacular. Only thing that kinda bothers me is that this "just happened"...used to work fine.
 
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My thought would the the plug itself. May be a "looser" fit in your PC and fits more tightly in your Dad's PC. Does not take much to have intermittent connections with low end ("cheap-o") devices.

You might try a using an USB extension cable between the mouse and the respective USB ports. Could change the snugness/tightness enought to make a more permanent connection.

And sudden failures do happen - sometimes just a bit more force, a twist, small drop, whatever, will reach a threshold that causes failures. Some products will fail with cumulative use. Planned "obsolesence" to be kind with the wording. Low end products are generally doomed from the start. But even high end products can have such failures. But there are more likely to be some meaningful warranties.

 
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