Technical forums » Hardware »
USB to PS2 converter for keyboard: strange behavior
Track this topic	Jump to forum [Translation - art & business]====================== Art of Translation and Interpreting--------------------Translator resourcesTranslation Theory and PracticeLiterature / PoetryInterpretingSubtitlingProofreading / Editing / ReviewingTranslation Project / Vendor Manage...MedicalLegalTranslation feedback area Business of Translation and Interpreting--------------------Money mattersGetting establishedBeing independentBusiness issuesTranslation agenciesScamsTranslators AssociationsMarketing for translators Language studies--------------------LinguisticsProfessional developmentTeaching and Learning LanguagesMultilingual familiesAncient languagesArtificial languagesStudentZ ForumStudentZ PubLinguistic diversityPronunciation Events and Awards--------------------Language Industry Events & Announce...Honors / CitationsProZ.com Germany eventsProZ.com Canada eventsProZ.com Netherlands eventsProZ.com UK eventsProZ.com Brazil eventsProZ.com Poland eventsProZ.com Austria eventsProZ.com Argentina eventsProZ.com France eventsProZ.com Spain eventsProZ.com's Virtual ConferencesProZ.com international conferences ProZ.com Chile eventsProZ.com Arab world eventsProZ.com regional eventsProZ.com USA events Translator playground--------------------Lighter side of trans/interpFun with ProZ.comFun with imagesFun with languageOther games Off-topic / Other--------------------Off topictranslators4kidsHealth and lifestyle for language p... [Technical forums]====================== Technical--------------------General technical issuesLocalizationSmart shoppersRight-to-left language technical fo...DTP - Desktop Publishing CAT Tools Support--------------------CAT Tools Technical HelpSDL Trados supportDéjà Vu supportWordfast supportTransit supportAlchemy supportAcross supportOmegaT supportMetatexis supportMemoQ supportSwordfish supportFluency supportCafeTran supportXTM Cloud support Computing--------------------Windows operating systemsApple/Mac operating systemsLinux OS / Free softwareHardware Software and Internet--------------------Office applicationsSoftware applicationsInternet for translatorsSafe computingSpeech recognition Machine Translation (MT)Social networking [Non-English forums]====================== Non-English forums--------------------AlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChineseCreoleCroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFinnishFrenchGaelic GeorgianGermanGreekGujarati HebrewHiligaynonHindiHungarianIcelandicIndonesianItalianJapanese / 日本語KazakhKoreanKurdishLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMarathiMongolianNorwegianPersian/FarsiPolishPortugueseRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenian SpanishSwedishTagalogTamilThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnamese [Country-specific forums]====================== Country-specific forums--------------------Translation in Argentina / La tradu...Translation in AustraliaTranslation in CanadaTranslation in Mexico / La traducci...Translation in Russia / Перев�...Translation in Spain / La traducci�...Translation in the UKTranslation in the USTranslation in Ukraine / Перек...Translation in Uruguay / La traducc... [Forums about proz.com]====================== Site Features--------------------ProZ.com in-person eventsTranslation newsPowwowsMiscellaneousKudoZProZ.com trainingProZ.com virtual conferencesFreelance translator workspacesProZ.com job systemsSite forumsProZ.com directoryProZ.com hostingPowwow organizersProZ.com: Translator CoopProZ.com technical supportPoll DiscussionTranslation Article KnowledgebaseProZ.com MembershipProZ.com Translation ContestsProZ.com translation industry wikiReports to ProZ.com membersProZ.com profile help Help Us To Improve--------------------ProZ.com suggestionsProZ.com bugs Corporate forums--------------------Business MattersOperations/ToolsSales/MarketingWorking with ProZ.com [Private forums]====================== ProZ.com Group Forums--------------------Proposals arising out of job postin...

User	Thread poster: Attila Piróth USB to PS2 converter for keyboard: strange behavior
Attila Piróth   France Local time: 12:53 Member English to Hungarian + ...	Oct 24, 2009 I have recently bought a USB to PS2 converter so that I can connect a PS2 keyboard to my laptop. When plugging in, connection is established, but after a couple of seconds (which is about enough to type one word), the connection is lost. Any ideas what can cause that and whether it can be fixed? I have Windows Vista Basic on the laptop, which is an HP 6730s. Attila   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)
Natalie   Poland Local time: 12:53 Member (2002) English to Russian + ... Moderator of this forum	Hi Attila Oct 24, 2009 Silly question: are you sure that the PS2 output is for the keyboard and not for the mouse? Or is it an adapter with a dual PS2 output? Another question: have you tried to reboot the laptop with the keyboard already plugged in? Natalia   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)
T o b i a s	Bios Oct 24, 2009 Just a hunch: you may have to go into the Bios and look for a check box "enable usb keyboard" or some such wording.   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)
Attila Piróth   France Local time: 12:53 Member English to Hungarian + ... TOPIC STARTER	Bios -- could you be more specific? Oct 24, 2009 Thank you for the two answers so far. Nathalie: the device has two PS2 ports, one for the mouse and one for the keyboard. When I plug the keyboard into the keyboard port, it ceases to works after a couple of seconds. (When I plug it into the other one, it does not work at all.) Rebooting does not help. Tobias: It sounds promising -- but I cannot find it. Where is this item? I have the following main menu items: File; Security; Diagnostics; System Configuration. Under System Configuration I have the following submenus: Boot Options; Device Configurations; Built-in Device Options; Port Options; Set Security Level; Restore Security Defaults. Under the "Port Options" submentu all items (Flash media reader, USB Port, Express Card Slot) are enabled. Under the "Built-in Device Options" submenu all items are enabled except for "LAN/WLAN Switching" ("Disabled" is selected) and Wake on LAN ("Boot to Network" is selected). "Device Configurations" does not seem to be relevant. (Here, too, all items are enabled except for "UEFI Boot Mode"). So, I don't see where I could set an item that looks like the one you mention, Tobias. Any ideas? Attila   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)
RieM   United States Local time: 06:53 Member (2006) English to Japanese + ...	Is this a signal conveter? Oct 24, 2009 The following link may help you answer why the keyboard does not work. You might also have to return what you have now and buy a signal conveter, or it might be just easier to buy a new keyboard. I have a docking station with a PS/2 port, and so I cam plug in the PS/2 keyboard and works fine with Vista. http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subcatid/0/id/124184 If you have the right converter, and then for some reason Vista's built-in driver (this should be for the USB keyboard, even though the keyboard is PS/2) does not work properly, then you need to update the driver from the Control Panels. Regards Rie   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)
Attila Piróth   France Local time: 12:53 Member English to Hungarian + ... TOPIC STARTER	Simple adapter Oct 25, 2009 Thank you, Rie, for the link. My device is the simple one shown here: http://www.clickykeyboard.com/2007/ps2_usb-4.jpg , so, according to the link, no driver is used. Any more ideas? Attila   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)
Natalie   Poland Local time: 12:53 Member (2002) English to Russian + ... Moderator of this forum	Could be simply bad contact problem due to faulty adapter Oct 25, 2009 I would suggest returning it to the supplier and replacing by another one. I have exactly the same adapter, and it serves me since at least 5 years with two different laptops, one under XP, another under Vista. Never had any problems with it. Natalia P.S. I would also recommend to try it with some other laptop - ask someone of your friends who has a laptop to give a check to your adapter. [Edited at 2009-10-25 11:54 GMT]   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)
LuciaC United Kingdom Local time: 11:53 English to Italian + ...	Wouldn't it be simpler... Oct 25, 2009 to buy a compatible keyboard? Prices start from 10 euros on Amazon.fr.   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)
T o b i a s	configuration Oct 25, 2009 Attila, perhaps your laptop has no such setting. The "enable USB keyboard" setting is available on recent motherboards I have installed. If it were there, it would probably be buried under "configuration" somewhere. Another thought: if the keyboard is truly ancient, you might need to enable "enable legacy USB" or "enable usb 1.1" in the BIOS. As a more general observation, the symptoms you describe looks like some kind of hardware interrupt conflict.   Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

Reply / comment

To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator:

Moderator(s) of this forum
Natalie	[Call to this topic]
Mohamed Kamel	[Call to this topic]

You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request »

USB to PS2 converter for keyboard: strange behavior