Your serial port didn't receive any information from Mouse, this could be the following reasons : <1> There is a bad connection between mouse and serial port . <2> You serial card might have a wrong jumpper setting : The standard setting should be the following : Port # Address IRQ# ------------------------------- COM1 3F8 4 COM2 2F8 3 COM3 3E8 4 COM4 2E8 3 Please double check your setting ! <3> Your serial port might not be able to output enough voltage to activate mouse . This mouse requires 5 volt . -------------------------------------------------------------------------