680i owner Alert!!

[jeffa123]

For those of you whom are having difficulties installing a USB Keboard on Windows Vista 32 or 64 bit Microsoft are now using a fix which should be in the next SP but for now you have to Submit a request to MS for suport for the hotfix on this issue.
It is not an interface issue but a timing issue in the Usbdev.sys which even if you install a driver for the device it will keep requesting it until you throw the keyboard in the bin or return it for a refund.
I have just been through the mill with 2 Logitech keyboards and a universal USB latop type keyboard. Finally tonight I received the Hotfixes from MS within 2 hours of reporting the issue for both 32 bit Vista and 64 bit. Much better support than I got from Logitech.

 

[gizmoy2k]

snip Much better support than I got from Logitech.

Mainly because it wasnt logitechs problem it was between MS and the board manufacturers
This cant effect every 680i either, i have 1 myself and built another 2, both with g15s and logitech mice. Is there a new board revision out or something?

 

[jeffa123]

Not that I know of but the problem arises only if you go from using a PS/2 mouse and KB to a USB mouse and Keyboard. I know that Logitechs software causes a lot of problems if you are using it as a Gaming KB but I just wanted a KB that I could see in the dark.
There are some software conflicts between Logitech software and MS software which means things like the XBox-PC wireless adapter has to uninstalled for it to work on some installations, especially the 64 bit Vista.
I have been through every part of Logitech's website and there are many problems usually associated with Asus Motherboards or Nforce 680 and 780 chipset motherboards. And since the 780i chipset uses the same protocols as the 680i I should imagine the same applies to them. It wasn't so long ago that software like 3Dmark06 could not pick up the clock speeds of the 8800 GTX or come to think of it any Nvidia card back to the 6800 Ultra. I have a 7800 GTX SLI PC as well and the Benchmark program couldn't pick up the clock speeds of them either. These days it is usually the software not keeping up with the hardware.
Because I used existing installations the hardware interupts were not being vectored correctly in Vista. I know a clean install should have no problems but that doesn't mean they will not develop later. I tnd to build a lot of systems and experiment a lot but this is one thing I believe that I should bring to users of 680i motherboards attention before they get into trouble.
It is a known issue with MS and they quite happily supplied me with a fix. Happy keyboarding.