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If you have a serial port you can get adaptors for USB and PS2 Mice and keyboards and because it is going over the serial port your USB problem will not affect it.
Is this what you bought?
PCI USB + PS2 CONTROLLER CARD - 2 Port USB 2.0 & 2 Port: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
http://www.bestofferbuy.com/USB-2.0-...campaign=gbase
Those will fit any desktop MOBO.
@Britton I can't seem to quickly find a model number for the board. It seems to just be a Dell built board for a Studio XPS 9000. Here's a picture of it and a list of what's on it.
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...0EqafsYFn0IQrN
Documentation
@Pooch no I do not have a serial port. I went through all the old computers at my parents house and found a serial port on an old 486 machine but it was too old. My PC had not connections for it.
@theog those cards won't work. The ridges have 2 notches at the bottom. I need one with only one notch because my available slot only has one notch. Britton's diagram uptop shows it nicely.
SYBA SY-PEX-4S PCI-Express 4 Port Serial Card
Would this serial card work? It seems to fit in a pci express slot but there seems to be an extra blank tab in the way
It will fit in the little white ports that you have on your MB (PCIe) if you have the adaptor for PS2 then yes it should work, but I can't guarantee it
A PCIe card for USB might also work, if you were to go for a USB3 variant it would also be useful afterwards and perhaps the better buy, but again I cannot guarantee it would work given your present problem.
Last edited by pooch; 04 Jun 2011 at 12:43. Reason: added more info
Yea, I have one adapter. I guess I will give it a try and order it. On one hand I just want to reinstall Windows, but I can't stand a problem that can't be solved.
Ah, yes a usb 3 variant would be good choice whether I fix the problem or not.
Thanks jasv2, the documentation link showed no pics for me, but the text did show you do have the PCI slot. Odd thing, my PCI slots have space for a one-groove card and all the cards I searched for have 2 grooves.
Your good news is you have multiple PCIe-X1 slots to use as well.