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Offline kaiserreich

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Warm HHKB controller and USB dropout
« on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 12:31:02 »
I was using my HHKB and suddenly key presses does not register until I replug the HHKB in.
Same thing was happening to my wireless adapter, the PC fails to detect it and I had to re-seat the Wireless adapter.
The mouse also reconnects.

I am not seeing this issue with other keyboards

The back of the HHKB felt a tad warm. Previously, I opened the keyboard up for yucks, just the back cover, and placed everything back.
Would this be the cause?
Has anyone encountered the same issue before?

Offline kaiserreich

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Warm HHKB controller and USB dropout
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 12:48:05 »
Nope.
Everything is plugged into the USB ports on the PC.

This just happened, I left the HHKB unplugged for a while, and then replug it in, the wireless adapter drops out.
It might be possible that both the wireless adapter and the keyboard are fighting for power.

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Warm HHKB controller and USB dropout
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 17:45:14 »
When I plug my USB headset dongle into the same USB hub as my KB/mouse it sometimes pukes the hole hub.  Re-plugging the hub's cable will fix the problem.  This is a power issue as best as I've been able to determine.
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Warm HHKB controller and USB dropout
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 18:23:35 »
I'll try to use a different USB port.
See if that helps.

Thanks for the advice

EDIT: It appears that my wireless adapter is faulty. But that does not explain the warm HHKB controller.
« Last Edit: Sat, 03 December 2011, 19:06:51 by kaiserreich »