Just wondering if it's possible to overclock my old ps/2 mouse to the ps/2 200Hz maximum on a computer with no ps/2 ports? And if so, how to do it. Is it even possible to overclock a ps/2 mouse to its 200Hz max on a computer that does have ps/2 ports, these days, in Windows 10 for example? Way back we used a program called ps2rate to do the overclocking, but that was in Win95 etc.
I only have USB ports on my computer. It was an oversight by me not to purchase a motherboard with ps/2 ports, which I regret. I have purchased an active ps/2-usb adapter that works, but that only gets me to 60Hz. My work computer has a ps/2 port, and I've checked my mouse to see what Hz I can get on that, and I get 100Hz.
The obvious solution is to replace my motherboard to one that has some ps/2 ports but that would be expensive and have me pulling my current stable PC apart which I would prefer not to do, and I don't even know yet if I would be able to achieve 200Hz even if I did.
This is for FPS gaming. Of course I own plenty of modern USB mouse and use them often, just wondering how my old mouse would go in modern FPS--it has a unique shape that afaik has been abandoned by the mouse makers of today.
Some of the ideas I have explored:
My system
CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K - 9th-Generation Intel chipset (Coffee Lake)
MOBO: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO LGA1151
MOUSE: Microsoft Mouse 2.1A
OS: Windows 10
Thx if you can help.
Edit: Looks like I have already asked this question on here 4 years ago and forgot about it. How to get old Intellimouse2.1A ball mouse working in win10?. Even if it's not possible, before I buy a new mobo I would like to know if I will be able to reach 200Hz from the 100Hz Windows 10 provides for comps with ps/2 ports.
I only have USB ports on my computer. It was an oversight by me not to purchase a motherboard with ps/2 ports, which I regret. I have purchased an active ps/2-usb adapter that works, but that only gets me to 60Hz. My work computer has a ps/2 port, and I've checked my mouse to see what Hz I can get on that, and I get 100Hz.
The obvious solution is to replace my motherboard to one that has some ps/2 ports but that would be expensive and have me pulling my current stable PC apart which I would prefer not to do, and I don't even know yet if I would be able to achieve 200Hz even if I did.
This is for FPS gaming. Of course I own plenty of modern USB mouse and use them often, just wondering how my old mouse would go in modern FPS--it has a unique shape that afaik has been abandoned by the mouse makers of today.
Some of the ideas I have explored:
- Buy an active USB-ps/2 adapter - already done this and can only achieve 60Hz
- Buy a new mobo - expensive; prefer not to do this
- Settings in the registry related to i8042prt driver
- Buy a ps/2 port PCI-E card, but I think all these are USB anyway.
- find third party program like the old ps2rate
My system
CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K - 9th-Generation Intel chipset (Coffee Lake)
MOBO: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO LGA1151
MOUSE: Microsoft Mouse 2.1A
OS: Windows 10
Thx if you can help.
Edit: Looks like I have already asked this question on here 4 years ago and forgot about it. How to get old Intellimouse2.1A ball mouse working in win10?. Even if it's not possible, before I buy a new mobo I would like to know if I will be able to reach 200Hz from the 100Hz Windows 10 provides for comps with ps/2 ports.
