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USB Meltdown or is it just Vista ?
Alright... I'm perplexed ! I have a somewhat unique set up that was running
fine up until a few days ago... I use a Microsoft "Enterainment Desktop 7000" keyboard and mouse (bluetooth) along with a Targus USB numeric key pad (the MS keyboard doesn't have # keys)... Along with vista loosing it's mind with regard to "sleep mode"... the "5" key on the key pad seems stuck... ahhh... but it's not... it started with the system sounding off with the repeated "clicking" noise from the motherboard speaker... like the old buffer overflow when a keyboard key would stick... if i click "start" in vista, the # 5 is filling in the "start search" field... disconnect the key pad and it goes away... plug it back in and fires right back up again... Now... I've reinstalled the Nvidia chipset drivers, done a couple system restores to previous "ok" states, reinstalled the video drivers, tried it at both the default and overclocked settings below, tried all my USB devices in different USB ports, did a virus and spyware scan, and tested the key pad on a different vista 32-bit ultimate machine (it worked perfectly)... SO... short of doing a clean install of vista (spits on the ground), might it be a USB controller problem ? Any way of diagnosing that ? Anyway of configuring the bios to manage voltages, etc. to the controller, etc. ???? I'm perplexed... any ideas would be most welcomed... system specs below... thanks... m USB DEVICES: LG DVD-RW DRIVE, Western Digital 750GB External Disk Drive, MS Bluetooth Receiver (for the keyboard/mouse), MS-VX-6000 CAM, CyberPower Battery Back-Up CPU: QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 MOTHERBOARD: EVGA NF680i - 122-CK-NF68-A1 O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate - 32 bit - SP1 RAM: 4 GB (1GB Sticks) Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4 @ 4-4-4-12-2T BIOS: P33 GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) Driver Version - 180.48 OC'd with Precision 1.3 to: Core Clock: 605 - Shader Clock: 1350 - Memory Clock: 1075 CLOCKS AND VOLTAGES: CPU - 3.010 @ 7x - 1.31875V FSB - 1720 @ 1.4V SPP - 1.50V MCP - 1.55V SPP MCP - 1.30V RAM Linked and Synced @ 860 Mhz @ 2.1V |
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USB Meltdown or is it just Vista ?
It could be the Bluetooth keyboard. Have you changed the batteries in it
(don't trust the battery status indicator)? Checked it for a sticking key? Tried a different keyboard? -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/ "timb" wrote in message ... Alright... I'm perplexed ! I have a somewhat unique set up that was running fine up until a few days ago... I use a Microsoft "Enterainment Desktop 7000" keyboard and mouse (bluetooth) along with a Targus USB numeric key pad (the MS keyboard doesn't have # keys)... Along with vista loosing it's mind with regard to "sleep mode"... the "5" key on the key pad seems stuck... ahhh... but it's not... it started with the system sounding off with the repeated "clicking" noise from the motherboard speaker... like the old buffer overflow when a keyboard key would stick... if i click "start" in vista, the # 5 is filling in the "start search" field... disconnect the key pad and it goes away... plug it back in and fires right back up again... Now... I've reinstalled the Nvidia chipset drivers, done a couple system restores to previous "ok" states, reinstalled the video drivers, tried it at both the default and overclocked settings below, tried all my USB devices in different USB ports, did a virus and spyware scan, and tested the key pad on a different vista 32-bit ultimate machine (it worked perfectly)... SO... short of doing a clean install of vista (spits on the ground), might it be a USB controller problem ? Any way of diagnosing that ? Anyway of configuring the bios to manage voltages, etc. to the controller, etc. ???? I'm perplexed... any ideas would be most welcomed... system specs below... thanks... m USB DEVICES: LG DVD-RW DRIVE, Western Digital 750GB External Disk Drive, MS Bluetooth Receiver (for the keyboard/mouse), MS-VX-6000 CAM, CyberPower Battery Back-Up CPU: QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 MOTHERBOARD: EVGA NF680i - 122-CK-NF68-A1 O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate - 32 bit - SP1 RAM: 4 GB (1GB Sticks) Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4 @ 4-4-4-12-2T BIOS: P33 GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) Driver Version - 180.48 OC'd with Precision 1.3 to: Core Clock: 605 - Shader Clock: 1350 - Memory Clock: 1075 CLOCKS AND VOLTAGES: CPU - 3.010 @ 7x - 1.31875V FSB - 1720 @ 1.4V SPP - 1.50V MCP - 1.55V SPP MCP - 1.30V RAM Linked and Synced @ 860 Mhz @ 2.1V |
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USB Meltdown or is it just Vista ?
Highly doubtful that this is a USB controller problem.
Sounds more like a keypad driver problem. What driver is loaded for this keypad (version, date, provider)? What are the hardwareIDs of the Targus keypad? Start -- run -- devmgmt.msc -- device properties -- details -- hardwareIDs "timb" wrote in message ... Alright... I'm perplexed ! I have a somewhat unique set up that was running fine up until a few days ago... I use a Microsoft "Enterainment Desktop 7000" keyboard and mouse (bluetooth) along with a Targus USB numeric key pad (the MS keyboard doesn't have # keys)... Along with vista loosing it's mind with regard to "sleep mode"... the "5" key on the key pad seems stuck... ahhh... but it's not... it started with the system sounding off with the repeated "clicking" noise from the motherboard speaker... like the old buffer overflow when a keyboard key would stick... if i click "start" in vista, the # 5 is filling in the "start search" field... disconnect the key pad and it goes away... plug it back in and fires right back up again... Now... I've reinstalled the Nvidia chipset drivers, done a couple system restores to previous "ok" states, reinstalled the video drivers, tried it at both the default and overclocked settings below, tried all my USB devices in different USB ports, did a virus and spyware scan, and tested the key pad on a different vista 32-bit ultimate machine (it worked perfectly)... SO... short of doing a clean install of vista (spits on the ground), might it be a USB controller problem ? Any way of diagnosing that ? Anyway of configuring the bios to manage voltages, etc. to the controller, etc. ???? I'm perplexed... any ideas would be most welcomed... system specs below... thanks... m USB DEVICES: LG DVD-RW DRIVE, Western Digital 750GB External Disk Drive, MS Bluetooth Receiver (for the keyboard/mouse), MS-VX-6000 CAM, CyberPower Battery Back-Up CPU: QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 MOTHERBOARD: EVGA NF680i - 122-CK-NF68-A1 O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate - 32 bit - SP1 RAM: 4 GB (1GB Sticks) Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4 @ 4-4-4-12-2T BIOS: P33 GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) Driver Version - 180.48 OC'd with Precision 1.3 to: Core Clock: 605 - Shader Clock: 1350 - Memory Clock: 1075 CLOCKS AND VOLTAGES: CPU - 3.010 @ 7x - 1.31875V FSB - 1720 @ 1.4V SPP - 1.50V MCP - 1.55V SPP MCP - 1.30V RAM Linked and Synced @ 860 Mhz @ 2.1V |
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USB Meltdown or is it just Vista ?
The 5 key doesn't have to be physically stuck down to be "stuck". Depends
on how the keyboard is constructed. The membrane below the key could be deformed, someone could have spilled liquid on it at some point, etc.. "timb" wrote in message ... Alright... I'm perplexed ! I have a somewhat unique set up that was running fine up until a few days ago... I use a Microsoft "Enterainment Desktop 7000" keyboard and mouse (bluetooth) along with a Targus USB numeric key pad (the MS keyboard doesn't have # keys)... Along with vista loosing it's mind with regard to "sleep mode"... the "5" key on the key pad seems stuck... ahhh... but it's not... it started with the system sounding off with the repeated "clicking" noise from the motherboard speaker... like the old buffer overflow when a keyboard key would stick... if i click "start" in vista, the # 5 is filling in the "start search" field... disconnect the key pad and it goes away... plug it back in and fires right back up again... Now... I've reinstalled the Nvidia chipset drivers, done a couple system restores to previous "ok" states, reinstalled the video drivers, tried it at both the default and overclocked settings below, tried all my USB devices in different USB ports, did a virus and spyware scan, and tested the key pad on a different vista 32-bit ultimate machine (it worked perfectly)... SO... short of doing a clean install of vista (spits on the ground), might it be a USB controller problem ? Any way of diagnosing that ? Anyway of configuring the bios to manage voltages, etc. to the controller, etc. ???? I'm perplexed... any ideas would be most welcomed... system specs below... thanks... m USB DEVICES: LG DVD-RW DRIVE, Western Digital 750GB External Disk Drive, MS Bluetooth Receiver (for the keyboard/mouse), MS-VX-6000 CAM, CyberPower Battery Back-Up CPU: QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 MOTHERBOARD: EVGA NF680i - 122-CK-NF68-A1 O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate - 32 bit - SP1 RAM: 4 GB (1GB Sticks) Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4 @ 4-4-4-12-2T BIOS: P33 GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) Driver Version - 180.48 OC'd with Precision 1.3 to: Core Clock: 605 - Shader Clock: 1350 - Memory Clock: 1075 CLOCKS AND VOLTAGES: CPU - 3.010 @ 7x - 1.31875V FSB - 1720 @ 1.4V SPP - 1.50V MCP - 1.55V SPP MCP - 1.30V RAM Linked and Synced @ 860 Mhz @ 2.1V |
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USB Meltdown or is it just Vista ?
Thanks everyone... I'll try and answer all the questions in this reply...
The drivers are standard Microsoft 6.0.6001.1800 6/21/2006...there were no Targus drivers The hardware ID's a HID\VID_05A4&PID_9862&REV_0110&MI_00 HID\VID_05A4&PID_9862&MI_00 HID_DEVICE_SYSTEM_KEYBOARD HID_DEVICE_UP:0001_U:0006 HID_DEVICE I did change the batteries in the bluetooth keyboard, tried it on another machine (OK), re-installed it's drivers (MS too), tried a non-wireless keyboard and mouse(no problems), checked for sticking keys on the keyboard, pulled the # 5 key off the key pad and cleaned it out... and there hasn't been any "spills" and nothings sticking when it (the keypad) was tested on another machine... Keep thinkin... and again thanks and HNY ! "RalfG" wrote in message ... The 5 key doesn't have to be physically stuck down to be "stuck". Depends on how the keyboard is constructed. The membrane below the key could be deformed, someone could have spilled liquid on it at some point, etc.. "timb" wrote in message ... Alright... I'm perplexed ! I have a somewhat unique set up that was running fine up until a few days ago... I use a Microsoft "Enterainment Desktop 7000" keyboard and mouse (bluetooth) along with a Targus USB numeric key pad (the MS keyboard doesn't have # keys)... Along with vista loosing it's mind with regard to "sleep mode"... the "5" key on the key pad seems stuck... ahhh... but it's not... it started with the system sounding off with the repeated "clicking" noise from the motherboard speaker... like the old buffer overflow when a keyboard key would stick... if i click "start" in vista, the # 5 is filling in the "start search" field... disconnect the key pad and it goes away... plug it back in and fires right back up again... Now... I've reinstalled the Nvidia chipset drivers, done a couple system restores to previous "ok" states, reinstalled the video drivers, tried it at both the default and overclocked settings below, tried all my USB devices in different USB ports, did a virus and spyware scan, and tested the key pad on a different vista 32-bit ultimate machine (it worked perfectly)... SO... short of doing a clean install of vista (spits on the ground), might it be a USB controller problem ? Any way of diagnosing that ? Anyway of configuring the bios to manage voltages, etc. to the controller, etc. ???? I'm perplexed... any ideas would be most welcomed... system specs below... thanks... m USB DEVICES: LG DVD-RW DRIVE, Western Digital 750GB External Disk Drive, MS Bluetooth Receiver (for the keyboard/mouse), MS-VX-6000 CAM, CyberPower Battery Back-Up CPU: QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 MOTHERBOARD: EVGA NF680i - 122-CK-NF68-A1 O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate - 32 bit - SP1 RAM: 4 GB (1GB Sticks) Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4 @ 4-4-4-12-2T BIOS: P33 GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) Driver Version - 180.48 OC'd with Precision 1.3 to: Core Clock: 605 - Shader Clock: 1350 - Memory Clock: 1075 CLOCKS AND VOLTAGES: CPU - 3.010 @ 7x - 1.31875V FSB - 1720 @ 1.4V SPP - 1.50V MCP - 1.55V SPP MCP - 1.30V RAM Linked and Synced @ 860 Mhz @ 2.1V |