Hi All,
I've stumbled across a very strange problem. I've just bought a new OCUK computer with an Asus P8P67 PRO m/board - as far as I can tell the hardware itself is all working fine; this is the first time I've ever had a computer running Win 7 (or a 64-bit OS for that matter) though.
I'm running all of my systems using a very old 102 key IBM PS2 "Model M" keyboard from 1988 - it has been working perfectly for me for over 20 years.. until yesterday! - The problem I've run into seems to be quite common for people running Windows 7 with older PS2 keyboards.
If I switch the computer on from cold, the keyboard works initially - it lets me get into the BIOS and do all sorts. If I boot into my Ubuntu USB stick, the keyboard also works. If I just let the system boot into Windows 7, then Windows doesn't detect the keyboard at all (Num Lock stays on, but it's unresponsive) and the driver disappears from device manager
If I then reboot the computer from warm (i.e. Windows 7 has booted up and I just reset it), then the driver miraculously reappears in Windows 7 and the keyboard works fine.
I have done a bit of google'ing and I've seen many, many people talking about the exact same problem - The best theory I could find suggests there's a cold-boot issue with Windows where it fails to correctly talk to the PS2 port - the Num/Caps/Scroll lock lights do not flash on cold boot, but they flash on warm boot
- I've tried flashing the BIOS (didn't work, although I wasn't really expecting it to)
- I've tried a PS2-to-USB converter, although the BIOS didn't even recognise that as a keyboard at all.
- Drivers etc are all installed ok (OCUK did that for me)
I found the following threads from people with an identical problem, and unfortunately there's no answers on google, only other people posting "I've got the same problem".
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/168550-keyboard-now-you-see-now-you-dont-asus-p8p67.html
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-boot-in/c3f6706f-a26e-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5
Has anyone else ever had this problem before? Is there a way to get Windows 7 to recognise old legacy PS2 equipment on cold boot? It seems truly absurd since Windows is happy with it after warm-booting; the motherboard itself doesn't seem to have any problems and Ubuntu works like a charm.
(Note: its not just my keyboard, although I'm loathed to get a flimsy modern keyboard - I also have an old PS2 KVM switch which connects all of my other systems and I don't really have the desk space for multiple keyboards/mice on different PCs. )
TLDR: Anyone ever had issues with Windows 7 and old-fashioned PS2 keyboards? if so - any way to get them working?
Thanks for reading!
I've stumbled across a very strange problem. I've just bought a new OCUK computer with an Asus P8P67 PRO m/board - as far as I can tell the hardware itself is all working fine; this is the first time I've ever had a computer running Win 7 (or a 64-bit OS for that matter) though.
I'm running all of my systems using a very old 102 key IBM PS2 "Model M" keyboard from 1988 - it has been working perfectly for me for over 20 years.. until yesterday! - The problem I've run into seems to be quite common for people running Windows 7 with older PS2 keyboards.
If I switch the computer on from cold, the keyboard works initially - it lets me get into the BIOS and do all sorts. If I boot into my Ubuntu USB stick, the keyboard also works. If I just let the system boot into Windows 7, then Windows doesn't detect the keyboard at all (Num Lock stays on, but it's unresponsive) and the driver disappears from device manager
If I then reboot the computer from warm (i.e. Windows 7 has booted up and I just reset it), then the driver miraculously reappears in Windows 7 and the keyboard works fine.
I have done a bit of google'ing and I've seen many, many people talking about the exact same problem - The best theory I could find suggests there's a cold-boot issue with Windows where it fails to correctly talk to the PS2 port - the Num/Caps/Scroll lock lights do not flash on cold boot, but they flash on warm boot
- I've tried flashing the BIOS (didn't work, although I wasn't really expecting it to)
- I've tried a PS2-to-USB converter, although the BIOS didn't even recognise that as a keyboard at all.
- Drivers etc are all installed ok (OCUK did that for me)
I found the following threads from people with an identical problem, and unfortunately there's no answers on google, only other people posting "I've got the same problem".
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/168550-keyboard-now-you-see-now-you-dont-asus-p8p67.html
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-boot-in/c3f6706f-a26e-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5
Has anyone else ever had this problem before? Is there a way to get Windows 7 to recognise old legacy PS2 equipment on cold boot? It seems truly absurd since Windows is happy with it after warm-booting; the motherboard itself doesn't seem to have any problems and Ubuntu works like a charm.
(Note: its not just my keyboard, although I'm loathed to get a flimsy modern keyboard - I also have an old PS2 KVM switch which connects all of my other systems and I don't really have the desk space for multiple keyboards/mice on different PCs. )
TLDR: Anyone ever had issues with Windows 7 and old-fashioned PS2 keyboards? if so - any way to get them working?
Thanks for reading!