Optical desktop problem

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I believe that the USB port must be used in order for the mouse to function.

So it can be USB cable plugged into PC allow Keyboard + Mouse to work. And
PS/2 cab;e plugged in only allows keyboard to work.

The PS/2 Keyboard port is only for Keyboard and will not serve for Keyboard
+ Mouse input.

"Pete" wrote:

> Running xp pro on a Matsonic MS8308E board with an AMD XP2000
> processor.
>
> I have a basic MS optical keyboard/mouse set which can be used either
> with USB or PS/2
>
> The problem: If I connect via USB, everything works fine but the PC
> won't wake up from standby. There seems to be no 'wake on usb' or
> similar command in BIOS.
>
> However - if I connect via PS/2 only the keyboard will work. The mouse
> is dead as a ...dead mouse. Naturally, I've tried changing channels
> etc.
>
> Any advice? Especially on why the pc won't wake on usb...
>
> TIA - Pete
>