Re: HOTROD keyboard thru problems. P/S2 port power? Any suggestions?

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Posted by King Of My Castle on 15, 2001 at 10:16 AM:

In Reply to: Re: HOTROD keyboard thru problems. P/S2 port power? Any suggestions? posted by Fultra on 15, 2001 at 9:42 AM:

: Is this a laptop or does your mouse/keyboard use the same PS2 port and use a splitter?

No, its a normal PC and it has two PS2 ports on it. I think there was an option mouse-only port which came with the motherboard so maybe there's some kind of splitting happening inside already.

Its got me baffled too. I'm gonna try un-plugging the mouse to see if that 'frees' up any power. Clutching at straws!!

Thanks.

JK..

: The reason I ask is that I tried using Mame and a keyboard encoder on my laptop and it wouldn't work through the PS2 port. Although a normal keyboard and a normal mouse worked fine. I never did find out why.

: : Hi, I got the HOTROD SE the other day and I've haven't been able to get the keyboard thru to work properly. Both Keyboard and HOTROD work fine independently but never together (Even at BIOS stage - not just Windows).

: : Hanaho sent me a replacement matrix but still the same problem. I tried the combination on my old PC at it seemed to work there so I assume that my PC is to blame. Can anyone tell me if there are power problems with P/S2 ports occasionally?

: : Would a splitter work or is that just what's inside the HOTROD anyway so it will have the same effect? I could get a USB keyboard but then I would still not be able to use both in MAME would I?

: : The BIOS error message that comes up after checking my drives is "Keyboard error or keyboard not pluged in".

: : That only leaves a few causes. 1) maybe there's not enough power going into my P/S2 port to power both, 2) maybe I need to change some jumpers or dip switch settings, 3) maybe there's not enough power for all the drives, sound cards, etc. (It could be overloaded.)

: : Maybe I can turn a com port into a P/S2 port which will have better power. Hmmm.

: : I've looked at the CMOS settings and none seem to have power details. I dont think its keyboard drivers or anything.

: : Any help appreciated.

: : My set up is a PIII, with an Intel 440-BX AGP, 128MB RAM, Win 98.

: : Cheers.

: : John King..

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: : Is this a laptop or does your mouse/keyboard use the same PS2 port and use a splitter? : No, its a normal PC and it has two PS2 ports on it. I think there was an option mouse-only port which came with the motherboard so maybe there's some kind of splitting happening inside already. : Its got me baffled too. I'm gonna try un-plugging the mouse to see if that 'frees' up any power. Clutching at straws!! : Thanks. : JK.. : : The reason I ask is that I tried using Mame and a keyboard encoder on my laptop and it wouldn't work through the PS2 port. Although a normal keyboard and a normal mouse worked fine. I never did find out why. : : : Hi, I got the HOTROD SE the other day and I've haven't been able to get the keyboard thru to work properly. Both Keyboard and HOTROD work fine independently but never together (Even at BIOS stage - not just Windows). : : : Hanaho sent me a replacement matrix but still the same problem. I tried the combination on my old PC at it seemed to work there so I assume that my PC is to blame. Can anyone tell me if there are power problems with P/S2 ports occasionally? : : : Would a splitter work or is that just what's inside the HOTROD anyway so it will have the same effect? I could get a USB keyboard but then I would still not be able to use both in MAME would I? : : : The BIOS error message that comes up after checking my drives is "Keyboard error or keyboard not pluged in". : : : That only leaves a few causes. 1) maybe there's not enough power going into my P/S2 port to power both, 2) maybe I need to change some jumpers or dip switch settings, 3) maybe there's not enough power for all the drives, sound cards, etc. (It could be overloaded.) : : : Maybe I can turn a com port into a P/S2 port which will have better power. Hmmm. : : : I've looked at the CMOS settings and none seem to have power details. I dont think its keyboard drivers or anything. : : : Any help appreciated. : : : My set up is a PIII, with an Intel 440-BX AGP, 128MB RAM, Win 98. : : : Cheers. : : : John King..

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