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Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: ioos on Mon, 28 March 2011, 23:01:21

I've checked and rechecked the dip switches on my HHKB cough*lite*cough. I can't get my computer to recognize anything that I've plugged into the USB ports. I've tried Windows and Linux. Are there any tricks to getting it work? Is there something I'm missing or should I try to deal with an RMA?

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 28 March 2011, 23:03:56

Have you tried the keyboard on multiple ports?

Can you plug a flash drive or other USB device and see if it is recognized?

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: woody on Tue, 29 March 2011, 04:59:50

Try with a mouse plugged into HHKB. Only low-power devices work.

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: ioos on Tue, 29 March 2011, 11:49:13

I tried two different mice and a usb drive. Multiple ports on the computer too. I guess I just got a bad one.

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: woody on Tue, 29 March 2011, 11:52:20

Quote from: ripster;320742

Wow.  For $275 I'd expect it to be better tested than a Das.

OP said Lite.

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: woody on Tue, 29 March 2011, 12:01:13

At least he got arrows.

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: digitalleftovers on Tue, 29 March 2011, 12:07:21

Quote from: woody;320751

At least he got arrows.

HHKB1 (Japanese) has arrows.  People must just be ISO enter haters...

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: woody on Tue, 29 March 2011, 12:08:49

Quote from: ripster;320752

Where IS the HHKB3?

That will be the most risky endeavor in keyboard business - half the people will complain about arrows being there/not there, the other half about the opposite.

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: ricercar on Wed, 30 March 2011, 00:26:36

Quote from: ripster;320757

I like spacebars at least a 10th the length of my penis.

And twice the width.

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: digitalleftovers on Wed, 30 March 2011, 10:58:56

Quote from: ripster;321209

Space Bar!

^--^

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: ioos on Fri, 01 April 2011, 22:26:23

Ripster, thank you for trolling my first post. I can now see how you got to 30,000+ posts.

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: ioos on Sat, 02 April 2011, 02:35:02

Yes. I fixed it by getting a mouse with a longer usb cable. (It was time for a new one anyway.)

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: sam113101 on Sat, 02 April 2011, 14:15:45

Quote from: ioos;320740

I tried two different mice and a usb drive. Multiple ports on the computer too. I guess I just got a bad one.

Did the mouse light up, even though it wasn't moving your cursor*?
Also, nice quadruples bro.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=16666
No wonder why nothing is working properly for you.

Title: HHKB USB Ports Broken?
Post by: ioos on Sat, 02 April 2011, 18:50:05

The first time I plugged in the USB drive if flashed once. Nothing else has lit up.

Thank you for noticing my quadruples.