USB Problems

[Teke]

I currently have two ports, one has a connector for my cable modem. The other has my mouse. The problem is that I now need one for a camera. I tried just taking out the mouse and using my old mouse that uses the green or purple port (forgot which one). When I do that without plugging in the camera the mouse works fine. But when I plug the camera into the usb port the mouse stops working and the modem stops working. I have no idea how I'd fix this, any help?

This is just a temporary solution until I can get a 4 port hub of course. But I've got a ton of pictures on my camera and can't put any on my computer.

 

[TheMajor]

USB sucks and this is exactly why. It sounds like the USB port somehow thinks the camera is the USB mouse, so it disables your PS/2 port.

Anyway, take out the modem and use that slot for your camera.

 

[Teke]

Tried that too, same thing happens. Will it continue to do this after I get a hub?

 

[TheMajor]

I don't know, but you can try it. HUB's are very cheap.

 

[TheMajor]

You could also try uninstall the USB mouse drivers, if any.

 

[Teke]

There were no mouse drivers, it was just a plug and play. How do I uninstall it from the hardware?