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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: charrington on Tue, 16 April 2013, 01:28:03
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First, I've been away from this site for too long. Is good to be back!
I got a new PC - Lenovo t530 and Windows 8. Just getting setup. I've got one of my Model M keyboards plugged into a USB port using a Ziotek adapter (several years old - not sure if they've changed). When I boot Windows, the keyboard flashes (sometimes NumLock stays on) but the keyboard won't respond unless I unplug it and then plug it back in. The particular Model M I tried was made March 1990.
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Do you have it plugged into a USB-3 port? Try a USB-2 port instead.
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Do you have it plugged into a USB-3 port? Try a USB-2 port instead.
This should not be a problem the USB-3 port would downgrade it to a USB-2 port.
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It "should not" be a problem. However, I have a Thinkpad W520 and it acts the exact same way when the keyboard is plugged into the USB-3 . USB-2 - no problem.
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It "should not" be a problem. However, I have a Thinkpad W520 and it acts the exact same way when the keyboard is plugged into the USB-3 . USB-2 - no problem.
That's odd... does it work with other USB-2 devices?
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From what I recall, other stuff with that port (mouse, printers, external drives) all worked fine. Just the keyboard with the bluecube acted funky. Thinking back, I think on a cold boot it worked fine. On a resume from hibernation it always happened.
Switched ports, hasn't been a problem since. Haven't investigated it any further than that.
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I occasionally have problems with USB 3.0 ports acting funky also. I can get things to wrok in USB 2 ports, but not USB 3.0
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Hmmm... have you tried turning it off and on again?
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My Model M has trouble waking up from hibernation from the powered USB 2.0 port (Windows 7). But after I moved it to a normal USB 2.0 port, it works perfectly.
So I guess the good old USB 2.0 is the best friend of old keyboards?