USB to PS/2 Converter

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I bought a USB to PS/2 converter. I am running Windows XP SP2. If I plug
the Keyboard (PS/2 connector) and mouse (also PS/2 connector) into the
converter and plug the conveter into a USB port, the system does not
recoginze the keyboard or mouse on boot up. Any ideas?

Thanks,

William Wolfe
 
"W Wolfe" <william.wolfe@ieee.org> wrote in
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> I bought a USB to PS/2 converter. I am running Windows XP SP2. If I
> plug the Keyboard (PS/2 connector) and mouse (also PS/2 connector)
> into the converter and plug the conveter into a USB port, the system
> does not recoginze the keyboard or mouse on boot up. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William Wolfe
>
>
>

If the keyboard and mouse are not programmed for USB use, as all the old PC
hardware was not, they will not work with any converter. I just had that
problem with an old, bulletproof keyboard from my IBM PS/1. I bought a
cheap keyboard at Wal-Mart that works OK with the converter.
 
While USB to PS/2 almost always works, PS/2 to USB almost never works.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"W Wolfe" <william.wolfe@ieee.org> wrote in message
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>I bought a USB to PS/2 converter. I am running Windows XP SP2. If I plug
>the Keyboard (PS/2 connector) and mouse (also PS/2 connector) into the
>converter and plug the conveter into a USB port, the system does not
>recoginze the keyboard or mouse on boot up. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William Wolfe
>
 
W Wolfe wrote:
> I bought a USB to PS/2 converter. I am running Windows XP SP2. If I plug
> the Keyboard (PS/2 connector) and mouse (also PS/2 connector) into the
> converter and plug the conveter into a USB port, the system does not
> recoginze the keyboard or mouse on boot up. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William Wolfe
>
>


Are the keyboard and mouse specifically designed to work with a USB
converter? If not, you're wasting your time.


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>W Wolfe wrote:
> I bought a USB to PS/2 converter. I am running Windows XP SP2. If I plug
> the Keyboard (PS/2 connector) and mouse (also PS/2 connector) into the
> converter and plug the conveter into a USB port, the system does not
> recoginze the keyboard or mouse on boot up. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William Wolfe
Is your BIOS set to enable support for USB lagacy devices?
 
make sure you have USB legacy enabled in bios

"W Wolfe" <william.wolfe@ieee.org> wrote in message
news:uLYAkRm5HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I bought a USB to PS/2 converter. I am running Windows XP SP2. If I plug
>the Keyboard (PS/2 connector) and mouse (also PS/2 connector) into the
>converter and plug the conveter into a USB port, the system does not
>recoginze the keyboard or mouse on boot up. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William Wolfe
>
 
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