Logitech G15 Issue

BillHicksRIP · 9 Jul 2008 at 19:47

Bizarre one. Logitech G15 MkI has stopped responding in Windows XP. Literally nothing has changed on my gaming rig for quite a while, was playing with it over the weekend, yet today when I switch it on, it won't let me log in to XP. Now, it works fine in the BIOS - can navigate around with no problems. I also plugged it in to my laptop and it works perfectly - can type away with no problems. Has anyone got any ideas why it would suddenly just stop accepting input in Windows? Have tried 5 different USB ports, have tried unplugging everything else except it with no joy. I don't have a spare PS2 keyboard anywhere that's me screwed for the time being.

Any tips would be appreciated.

ih8modem · 10 Jul 2008 at 02:00

BillHicksRIP said:
Bizarre one. Logitech G15 MkI has stopped responding in Windows XP. Literally nothing has changed on my gaming rig for quite a while, was playing with it over the weekend, yet today when I switch it on, it won't let me log in to XP. Now, it works fine in the BIOS - can navigate around with no problems. I also plugged it in to my laptop and it works perfectly - can type away with no problems. Has anyone got any ideas why it would suddenly just stop accepting input in Windows? Have tried 5 different USB ports, have tried unplugging everything else except it with no joy. I don't have a spare PS2 keyboard anywhere that's me screwed for the time being.

Any tips would be appreciated.

fact that it works in Bios tells me that it must be driver related. I would get a cheapo 5 quid keyboard, then try and uninstall/reinstall the drivers - updating to latest at the same time of course.

BillHicksRIP · 10 Jul 2008 at 09:05

Well it turns out it will only work against the USB port that it was using when it installed. I'd swapped outt a USB drive earlier in the day and moved some of the devices around to make the cabling at the back of the PC tidier. I've got 8 ports behind there - was a matter of going through each one and testing it. I nearly hosed the XP install for Christ's sake.

ih8modem · 10 Jul 2008 at 09:42

This is the second USB device that I have come accross then that does this. I had the same experience with two different 3G USB modems about 3 weeks ago.

I installed the modems on the side ports of two laptops, but later moved them to the rear ports. They would not work and no amount of uninstalling/reinstalling could get them to function again. Plugged them back into original ports and presto they work 100%

Almost seems like xp binds the drivers to a specific port. I'll google this later and see if there are any solutions...

markk · 10 Jul 2008 at 11:30

/thread hijack - sorry

My G15 mk1 LCD screen has started freezing on the clock or media display - has anyone else had this problem?

It works again if you cycle through the different displays.

PhillyDee · 10 Jul 2008 at 12:04

markf - Reinstall the drivers. Always worth a shot.

I laugh at the usb hub in keyboard. It doesnt have enough power to run things apart from memory sticks. And its only 1.1, so no good for memory sticks. . . .