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Posted by ushere on 12/28/07 22:17
nappy wrote:
> "ushere" <removethis.leslie.wand@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:WOVcj.28304$CN4.2500@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> nappy wrote:
>>> "ushere" <removethis.leslie.wand@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uifcj.27729$CN4.2114@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>> nappy wrote:
>>>>> "ushere" <removethis.leslie.wand@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ke5cj.27624$CN4.27256@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>>> winxp, xcraft firewire ex drive. logitech wireless key
>>>>>> board.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> all's fine till i power up the external drive, at which
>>>>>> point i lose my keyboard. mouse, etc., all function fine.
>>>>>> turn off drive, back to normal. have reformatted drive,
>>>>>> tried different cable, socket, etc.,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> any suggestions
>>>>>>
>>>>>> leslie
>>>>> I would guess that's due to a poorly written driver for the
>>>>> kbd. The drive doesn't use one. What happens if you put the
>>>>> kbd on another hub?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> interestingly enough, it's a ps2 keyboard (logitech lx 700),
>>>> and it was all performing happily till a few days ago?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> wacky! I think it may stlll be thinking that your drive is
>>> actually a USB keyboard. Can you tell us wht shows up in the USB
>>> devices part of the device manager when this happens?
>>>
>>> BTW.. SP3?
>>>
>>>
>> device manager shows up a 'virtual keyboard'. i deleted it,
>> rebooted, gone. also tried a couple of other keyboards. same story.
>> frankly i've had enough of it. i'm going to get another ex hd to
>> leave hooked on the pc (straightforward usb rather than firewire
>> since i only use it for backing up projects i'm working on), and
>> the other, the xcraft, for some totally unexlicable reason appears
>> to work normally if plugged into the usb port on the front of my
>> pc. mother board giga ds3p. though why it works on the front port
>> but not the back is yet another box of tricks that i'm not
>> interested in sorting out....
>>
>> my local geek pointed me to m$'s sp3 rc1 - said it gave a 10%
>> increase in speed. he wasn't kidding. and it seemed stable on my
>> office pc i moved it across to the edit pc (long before this ex hd
>> problem started).
>>
>> i hope 2008 is simpler
>
>
> Sounds like the USB Vendor ID and Product ID of that drive invoke a
> keyboard driver on your system. A keyboard that may have been plugged
> into that rear USB prt at one time. That should not happen but.. I've
> only written USB drivers for exotic creatures and not mass storage
> drivers so.. not sure.
>
> Yeah.. try another drive.
>
> You could also find the .inf file for the generic keyboard driver it
> is finding. Locate the dll and delete them both.
>
>
>
thanks for the advice... the drive driver is by initio, but there's
sweet fa on their site, and even less on xcrafts. i would like to find
the ,inf and offending .dll, but to be honest have no idea where to
start....
many thanks nappy for your help and interest. much appreciated.
leslie
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