need tech help

On March 23 2009 12:37 IzzyCraft wrote:
Did you try plugging a jump drive into that usb to see if it's recognized to rule out driver failure by the motherboard?

Else if the usb on the comp still works it's pretty much assured that keyboard is dead although keyboards should more or less last for about 20 years for all intensive purposes.

Unless you have proof to believe otherwise like you plugged it into another computer and it worked out just fine.

On March 23 2009 12:41 Sprite wrote:
so arb you weren't lying when your keys stopped working during micro tourny lol

On March 23 2009 12:51 IzzyCraft wrote:
Roll back keyboard drivers?

On March 23 2009 12:37 IzzyCraft wrote:
Else if the usb on the comp still works it's pretty much assured that keyboard is dead although keyboards should more or less last for about 20 years for all intensive purposes.

On March 23 2009 23:10 TheYango wrote:
Does the computer not recognize the keyboard is plugged in at all, or does it just call it "Unknown USB Device" or something in the Device Manager?


Isn't the phrase "for all intents and purposes"?

On March 24 2009 05:05 arb wrote:
the kb worked in moms pc so...

any ideas?

On March 24 2009 05:13 TheYango wrote:

Ok, so non-keyboard USB devices work, and the keyboard definitely works on other computers, but for some reason, it doesn't recognize USB keyboards at all?

Do you have a Linux live CD or something you can boot from, to see if the hardware works in a different OS?

On March 24 2009 05:25 arb wrote:
EDIT : The kind th at wont work is the kind that plugs into the back (the one with the metal spike things) but the kind with the port looking thing you plug stuff into the front i.e flash drive will work in the computer with no problem. This leads me to believe this is a hardware problem rather than a driver one

On March 24 2009 07:58 TheYango wrote:

Oh, THAT makes more sense. I haven't used a PS/2 keyboard in ages, so I assumed you were using a USB keyboard.