Undependable Keyboard

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Have been using a Microsoft keyboard with 98SE for some 4
years. Now it more than occcasionally ceases to operate
[say when in Word 2000 or when on net]. Rebooting cures it
until it re-occurs. {Obviously OK at present as I type
this} I have tried a different keyboard but same thing
happens. I had a recent problem with the PS2 mouse - this
was solved by replacing with a USB mouse. I have tried a
PS2-USB adapter with the keyboard but it is not recognised!

Ayone any suggestions.

 

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Some hardware cannot utilize adapaters. It is unlikely that the
keyboard is going to ever work with that PS/2 to USB adapter you have.
It sounds more like your motherboard's PS/2 port is the thing causing
the problems and not the keyboard if other keyboards are having the same
problem. You can always try updating the drivers, but I doubt this is
the problem. You may just need to buy a USB keyboard since buying a new
motherboard would be way more expensive. Here is a link to the new
drivers that you can try:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/Download.mspx

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Nathan McNulty


W Edgar wrote:
> Have been using a Microsoft keyboard with 98SE for some 4
> years. Now it more than occcasionally ceases to operate
> [say when in Word 2000 or when on net]. Rebooting cures it
> until it re-occurs. {Obviously OK at present as I type
> this} I have tried a different keyboard but same thing
> happens. I had a recent problem with the PS2 mouse - this
> was solved by replacing with a USB mouse. I have tried a
> PS2-USB adapter with the keyboard but it is not recognised!
>
> Ayone any suggestions.
>
>