Is my USB wireless keyboard not hot-swappable?
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From: David W. Hodgins on 6 Dec 2009 05:06 On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:41:41 -0500, AdeW <adnw14(a)live.co.uk> wrote: > So in other words what you're saying is the PC would have to be > restarted if the keyboard was plugged while Windows was running. My reading of all of the responses, is to just try it. If the bios and drivers support hot swapping, it will work. If they don't, it won't. Either way, there should be no damage done. In most cases, it will work, but with some hardware/software, it will not. Easiest way is to find out, is to just try it. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: David W. Hodgins on 6 Dec 2009 11:53 On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:58:36 -0500, AdeW <adnw14(a)live.co.uk> wrote: > I thought all USB devices can be plugged in while the computer is > switched on right? Most can, even if the manufacturer chooses to cover their butts in the documentation, to handle those few systems where this will not work due to old/strange usb controllers. In many cases, such as printers and scanners, you're specifically told not to connect it until after installing the supplied drivers, to prevent windows from selecting some default driver. Just try it, and see if it works. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: AdeW on 6 Dec 2009 14:13 On 6 Dec, 16:53, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: > On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:58:36 -0500, AdeW <adn...(a)live.co.uk> wrote: > > I thought all USB devices can be plugged in while the computer is > > switched on right? > > Most can, even if the manufacturer chooses to cover their butts > in the documentation, to handle those few systems where this > will not work due to old/strange usb controllers. > > In many cases, such as printers and scanners, you're specifically > told not to connect it until after installing the supplied > drivers, to prevent windows from selecting some default driver. > > Just try it, and see if it works. I will try the wireless keyboard on a newer (someone else's) computer first. Infact at the public libary when i've plugged in a camera it says I need to be an administrator to install hardware, but USB memory sticks work fine. The instructions say "Windows 2000/XP/Vista: You do not need to install software for operation of the mouse and keyboard." Since public library PCs are WinXP I presume it should work just like a memory stick and not need to install software hopefully.
From: AdeW on 6 Dec 2009 14:14 On 5 Dec, 02:54, Marcus Houlden <s...(a)nukesoft.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:58:36 -0800 (PST), AdeW <adn...(a)live.co.uk> > wrote the following to uk.comp.misc: > > > I have a Technika H38FE2 wireless USB keyboard and mouse. > > > In the instructions it says: "Ensure the PC is switched off. Plug the > > receiver into the USB port. ... Restart the PC" > > > I thought all USB devices can be plugged in while the computer is > > switched on right? > > They can, but sometimes for the initial install you need to reboot. > > Why not just follow the instructions? Sounds like you might be making this a > bit more complicated than it needs to be. > > mh. > --http://www.nukesoft.co.ukhttp://personal.nukesoft.co.uk > > From address is a blackhole. Reply-to address is valid. At home I'm using a Win98SE machine (had all its connectors taken off for over year and half and sat unused) which when i first started using it this year the PS/2 keyboard didn't work at boot so I swapped it for another ps/2 keyboard which didn't work, so i bought this usb keyboard, then i got the ps/2 keyboard working again after swapping back and removing the mouse etc, so then i wondered could i have mistakenly put the keyboard into the mouse port the first time, I can never be certain. Should've took a photo. There has been the a time when my keyboard has stopped working but only for a few seconds. Must worse is when mouse is behaving erratically going off in funny directions that i have to restart Windows - so that would mean its a software problem and not hardware hopefully. Also when the mouse has misbehaved the return key esd not working when i press Start then key "u" then attempt to press return, so then i press Alt F4 to restart my computer.
From: AdeW on 6 Dec 2009 14:29
On 5 Dec, 02:54, Marcus Houlden <s...(a)nukesoft.co.uk> wrote: > > I thought all USB devices can be plugged in while the computer is > > switched on right? > > They can, but sometimes for the initial install you need to reboot. > > Why not just follow the instructions? Sounds like you might be making this a > bit more complicated than it needs to be. I'm using a Win98SE machine (had all its connectors taken off for over year and sat unused) which when i first started using it this year the PS/2 keyboard didn't work at boot (so couldn't get past scandisk) so I swapped it for another ps/2 keyboard which didn't work, so i bought this usb keyboard. Then i got the ps/2 keyboard working again after swapping back and removing the mouse etc, so then i wondered could i have mistakenly put the keyboard into the mouse port the first time, I can never be certain. Should've took a photo. |