Posted by ushere on 12/25/07 22:18

Arny Krueger 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.
>
> You left out just about everything that could be relevant, like stuff
> about the computer other than OS. As far as the OS goes, you didn't
> mention whether SP/2 is applied to XP.
>
>> 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?
>
> Yes, the keyboard is USB, right?
>
> There's some kind of collision between your firewire port and the USB
> port that the keyboard is plugged into. I've had some sucess with
> adding another USB port card in cases like these.
>
>
>

sorry, running sp3. keyboard ps2 (logitech lx 700). all was well till a
few days ago - and i don't remember upgrading anything at all....

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