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Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 04:03:43

Anyone know why this shows up as an unrecognised device under Vista?
The PS2 version seems to work fine.

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: CX23882 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 05:28:59

Have you tried it in a different USB port?

Is it the board I sent to you?  Has it just been delivered, because perhaps it has condensation that's freaking it out, from being out in the cold to a warm house.  If you can't get it to work I'll refund your Paypal payment.

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 05:37:52

Ive tried a few ports. No luck yet.
Did you have it working in Vista at all ?

This is all I seem to get :(
I'm sure its not your fault though so don't worry.

(http://[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/laurie47/Untitled-1-9.jpg)[/IMG]

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lowpoly on Wed, 21 January 2009, 05:43:36

Just connected my G84-4100PTMDE to Vista 64. No problems, recognized immediately.

I wonder why mine has a different switch code than your's (T vs C) and why it has the M connector code while being USB. :confused:

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 05:51:58

Cheers Lowpoly. I'm running 64 too so not sure what's happened here.
The das and other usb keyboards seem to work fine.

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 05:55:36

when I plug it in it the lights flash a few times then this pops up a few times.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/laurie47/Untitled-1-10.jpg)

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: CX23882 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 06:10:06

Quote from: lam47;19063

Ive tried a few ports. No luck yet.
Did you have it working in Vista at all ?

I had it working in Vista 32-bit on a Dell Dimension E521 (a system known to have very finnicky USB support).

Do you have another system that you can try it on?

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 06:15:38

I can try it on the 360 good idea.

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 06:18:46

Its working fine on the 360.
Now I need to work out whats up with my PC!
Thanks CX23882

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lowpoly on Wed, 21 January 2009, 06:24:11

When I connect my HHKB to my laptop I get the same symbol in the taskbar. Different error though, it says voltage overflow or something like that. I then can reset the usb connection and everything works fine. This is only on my laptop though and I blame the laptop. Not the HHKB. My project board works fine on the same port.

Maybe try it on a different machine?

Edit: Too late :)

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 07:14:10

It wont even work in my bios so it must be a compatibility issue with my motherboard.
Not to worry.
My friend Laura will like it.

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: CX23882 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 07:58:34

It should work with USB 1.x controllers, but have you checked that USB 2.0 support is enabled on your motherboard?  If you only have the one root hub appearing I would suspect that USB 2.0 is disabled, but I might be wrong.

Does it make any difference if the keyboard is connected when the system boots versus only connecting it when the computer is already running?

Title: Vista and Cherry G84-4100LCM
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 21 January 2009, 09:23:17

No no different. Also I have 2.0 and legacy enabled in the bios.
Its an Asus Crosshair motherboard.
:(