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Offline jabar

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PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« on: Mon, 29 April 2013, 23:15:20 »
I'm actively searching for a solution, but I have yet to figure this one out.

I recently purchased an older Cherry model keyboard which is PS/2 (via a DIN->PS/2 adapter). The keyboard works just fine on my old XP SP2 computer, but it won't be recognized beyond my BIOS on my Win 7 64bit machine. My mobo (ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z) has one common PS/2 port but has no PS/2 settings in the BIOS; the keyboard works just fine in the BIOS. Upon loading Windows any lock LEDs clear and no input is recognized.

The keyboard appears on my Device Manager as a HID Keyboard across USB which is bizarre since it's connected via PS/2, so I'm leaning towards it being a Windows problem. The keyboard isn't recognized either when using an active PS/2->USB adapter.
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Re: PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 29 April 2013, 23:34:11 »
In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt, edit the Start value and set it to a hex or decimal value of 1. Reboot

I did that under windows 8 to get my ps2 port working as it would only work in bios. Not sure if it works in windows 7 but worth a shot.
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Offline jabar

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Re: PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 30 April 2013, 00:00:39 »
It seems that that i8042prt fix is present across several iterations of Windows, but it didn't work for me. Thank you for the tip, though; none of my searches yielded anything about i8042prt. I'll continue to delve deeper.

e: I could be due in for a BIOS update if that is the issue.
« Last Edit: Tue, 30 April 2013, 00:10:10 by jabar »
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Re: PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 30 April 2013, 04:23:29 »
I use PS/2 keyboards and mice on all my W7 machines and never encountered a problem yet.  I donno what is different.  Weird.
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Re: PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 30 April 2013, 04:50:06 »
Yeah, other keyboards, both USB and native PS/2 never gave me issues until this particular one. I haven't swapped in another PS/2 since, so drivers could have become corrupted.  Can't test again til this weekend though.
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Re: PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 30 April 2013, 08:05:59 »
Also had this problem on one computer. Thought it was something to do with the motherboard. Since I still get 6 key rollover on USB I decided not to worry about it.
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Re: PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 30 April 2013, 10:15:28 »
Quote from: Grim Fandango on Tue, 30 April 2013, 08:05:59
Also had this problem on one computer. Thought it was something to do with the motherboard. Since I still get 6 key rollover on USB I decided not to worry about it.
heh I wasn't getting the keyboard over active PS/2 to USB adapter either.

The more I think about it, I have a feeling it's a BIOS issue. Appearing as a USB keyboard when plugged via PS/2 is bizarro.
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Re: PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 30 April 2013, 18:30:21 »
It might unnecesary but, I'd try with soarer adapter.
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Re: PS/2 difficulties in Windows 7
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 04 May 2013, 22:33:26 »
Bios issue. Flashed it just now, not sure if there was an embedded update or if my old chipset became corrupt.

Now typing on the G80-2100 spacecruiser!
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