A2000 mouse port dead

[JimS]

One 2000 I ran across had a strange problem with the screws near the joystick port... If I tightened it down, the mouseport would fail. But back it off a quarter turn and it worked. Wierd...

BTW, if the fuse blows, the joystick will still work. The fuse only protects the 5V. The 5v powers the mouse, but joysticks don't need it. If you have a voltmeter, check between the middle two pins on the bottom row of either port. Back when I was a service guy, i built a tester by putting an LED and 200 ohm resistor (observing polarity) across those two pins on a DB9 plug... easier than a meter. ;-)

Here's a picture pointing out where the fuse is:
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5816/a2000fusequ3.jpg



The blue things are emi filters. I suppose one could be bad.

-Jim

[JimS]

In Bahrain, I couldn't tell ya. I'd try some place like Mouser or Digikey. I've heard Maplins mentioned in the UK. Really, any electronics supplier that will ship to you reasonably. If you have to, you could probably get away with attaching an inline fuseholder to the motherboard & using a more standard fuse.

[JimS]

orange wrote:
no, the fuseholder won't fit..

Well, you've done pretty much the same thing, probably a bit cheaper. ;-) I'd suggest some heat shrink on the metal ends of that fuse though.

-Jim