IBM Enhanced Performance USB

Hey,
i 've bought the ibm enhanced performance usb keybord, with french keys. the problem is that i 'm german and there is a different order of the keys.
can i buy somewhere german keys for the keyboard? or do i have to send the keyboard back?
greetings cord

1) While I'm able to customize the "application keys", sometimes when I associate them with certain external programs (i.e. explorer.exe, thunderbird.exe), pressing the key will load the correct application but Windows' "Default Beep" sound will be played. I'm thinking the keyboard seems to think the application couldn't be launched, while it in deed did launch. Can I disable this sound from playing when I push the button?
I now 'solved' this by having Windows 7's mixer mute the sound of the Skd881x Daemon. Which I actually wanted to kill instead, but it seems to pop up every time I do so anyway...

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1) While I'm able to customize the "application keys", sometimes when I associate them with certain external programs (i.e. explorer.exe, thunderbird.exe), pressing the key will load the correct application but Windows' "Default Beep" sound will be played. I'm thinking the keyboard seems to think the application couldn't be launched, while it in deed did launch. Can I disable this sound from playing when I push the button?
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I now 'solved' this by having Windows 7's mixer mute the sound of the Skd881x Daemon. Which I actually wanted to kill instead, but it seems to pop up every time I do so anyway...

USB Enhanced Performance Keyboard utility crash

USB Enhanced Performance Keyboard (Wired) : skd881x daemon has stopped working
What I'm getting here is a consistent crash of the OSD / button management daemon (Skdaemon.exe) on a standard french Vista 32bit install. This might be a duplicate of this unresolved problem, although the OS is 32 bit here.
I can reproduce the crash easily by using either one of the Volume+, Volume- or Mute buttons at any time as long as the Play/Pause button has never been pressed before. If I start the daemon, choose "Play/Pause" (the indication "Play/Pause" appears in the OSD), then the instance of the daemon will never crash afterwards and I will be able to use the volume buttons until the next reboot.
I have tried :
using the keyboard configuration tool to change most of the settings,
clean uninstalling/reinstalling the (latest) driver and utility,
looking up for a solution elsewhere,
to no avail.
I would appreciate any pointer to resolve that annoying problem.
EDIT : updated the title so it appears more explicit from the forum view

I know that bumping my own thread is not really a display of gentleman's manners, but I would like to know if there is a way to reach lenovo directly, at least to make the company aware of this annoying bug (which does seem to be recurrent). I can't seem to find it as I'm lost in the endless cross-references between lenovo and IBM support pages, and a part of the online support doesn't seem to be available in France

Low performance USB port on X61

Hi,
Recently I found my X61 has a low USB performance, when I copy files to my external USB HDD, the speed is about 13MB/s. Then I tested X61's writing speed on external USB HDD with HDtune and ATTO Disk benchmark, it is around 12-14MB/s. But The USB HDD have a writing speed over 25MB/s on other computers.
I have three USB HDDs of different model, and the USB writing speed on X61 is all the same, so it must be the problem of X61.
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There is a USB Port on my MI424 router. Does it work and if so, what can I hook it up to and how do I do it (besides plugging the cable in)??
THANKS!!
Last I heard, the usb port on the Verizon supplied routers are not active and may or may not be active in later verisions.
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IBM x31 pcmanfm LXDE usb disk and sound issue

How can I auto mount external USB disk
my daemon list looks like this
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and modules look like this
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#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
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Last edited by venky80 (2009-01-22 04:16:08)

Hello Eugene,
Interesting - possible - coincidence. I just posted about a similar seeming issue here:
<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10425731#10425731>
Notice that I've checked Disk Utility's repairs report as well as the System Log with Console: both show mention of USB related items.
This may not have anything to do with your issue but I thought it worth mentioning.

Standard Enhanced PCI to USB host Controller not working

Plz help me its suck i can't find any driver for this USB port its suck all my usb ports are not working they not accepting any usb or some thing or intel managment interface also not working plz help me . Thankyou
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Driver Name: usbport.inf
Class GUID: {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}
Driver Date: 06/21/2006
Driver Version: 6.2.9200.16384
Driver Provider: Microsoft
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Driver Rank: 0xFF2005
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Ibm/lenovo Enhenced Performance USB keyboard

hi!
i've got a question about this keyboard
http://tiny.cc/E3V8h
1. does additional, multimedia keys work under linux?
2. what is the quality of it? i need something that will work for > 2 years (i've already broken my microsoft ergonomic 4000 keyboard :~)
3. is it noisy?
sincerely
moderator note: inserted shorter link
Message Edited by Agotthelf on 25-03-2009 02:24 PM

1) don't think so
2) I have 3 year old one, and is still kicking along fine
3) noisy, don't know how to define such thing, around the same as the Microsoft ergonomic 4000.
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I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

Hey looking to sync my iphone with itunes. However it fails to appear in iTunes. I have checked my USB ports and there is an 'enhanced device' present, however when i connect my iPhone 3gs, a pop-up window says that 'This device can perform faster'

Hey, just bought an iPhone 3GS off a friend an am looking to sync it to iTunes The version is 4.3.3. Is this normal ?. The device fails to appear in Itunes however. I have checked my USB ports under device manager and there is an 'Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller'. Does this mean all my ports are 2.0? When I connect my device it says ' This device Can perform faster' if connected to a USB port. Need Advice.
Thanks

Minimum requirements for the iPhone 3GS for Windows for USB is 2.0.
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_tell_if_i_have_usb_20.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP565
This article may help. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4049
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Recently I purchaged the 6459CTO T61p with the UWB wireless usb function. I'm trying to get it to work with the wireless Lenovo 'enhanced performance keyboard&mouse' without the usbhub, but my laptop doesn't find any wireless devices. Al my wireless functions, except bluetooth, are running. All suggestions are welcom.
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USB keyboard not working before the OS loads after upgrading BIOS on T60...

Hi all,
I have another problem with my T60.
In order to try adding a fingerprint reader, I upgraded the BIOS to version 2.25 last night. The upgrade was successful but, however, my USB keyboard could not function before the OS load, not in the boot screen, nor the BIOS, nor the boot loader menu.
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Thanks,
[edited 2009-12-30] deleted extra words in subject line
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I have a similar problem. I have a ThinkPad T60 1951-F8G running Windows XP with latest Windows updates. I use a USB attached IBM enhanced performance keyboard and Microsoft optical mouse. I recently updated the BIOS to v2.25 and a disk cleanup of my C: drive. On attempting to restart the system, the startup progressed only to the initial Windows XP screen with the 3 blue dots moving very slowly, and startup went no further. I repeatedly powered off the system and attempted restart without success.
I restored the system to an earlier version using ThnkVantage Rescue and Recovery, updated Windows XP to the latest level, and updated Lenovo system software from the Lenovo PC support site using ThinkVantage System Update to the latest level including updating the BIOS to v2.25. Again, I had the mouse and keyboard directly attached to the USB ports in the ThinkPad. All was well until I replugged the keyboard and mouse into an attached Belkin USB 2.0 4-port pocket hub which resulted in a chain of new searches for new USB drivers to install. The next system restart failed, and it was necessary to return to use the last successful configuration. System restart is now decidedly risky with the system freezing at various stages of startup.
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USB 2.0 Issues with KT3 Ultra2 6380E

Windows XP SP1
Bios: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T
Hi I was wondering if someone could help me?
My machine has six USB ports. (1&2) Two ports are
installed on the motherboard, and my users guide says
they are legacy ports. (3&4) two ports are installed
on the d-bracket 2 connector: JLED, connected to
JUSB2, these are what I believe to be my only 2 USB2.0
ports. (4&6)Finally 2 ports are connected via JUSB3 to
the front panel of my Antec case. I think the front
panel of my case has 1.1 connectors so it is
essentially a 1.1 port.
I am having some difficulty getting my USB ports to
function properly with a USB 2.0 Buslink hard drive
UII-40 72E. I suspect there is some IRQ conflict.
Trying to alleviate this I disabled all the device
drivers I suspected might cause this in the device
manager in safe mode. I then removed from the device
manager all the USB (2.0 and 1.1) root hubs, and after
that their host controllers. I then booted to VGA
mode (thinking this should disable the video card
drivers??) and exported this IRQ info from my sys info
after the USB host controllers are reinstalled:
Resource   Device   Status
IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK
IRQ 11   RADEON 8500 SERIES    OK
IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller   OK
IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller   OK
IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller   OK
IRQ 21   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 0   System timer   OK
IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK
IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK
IRQ 12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse   OK
IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2
Keyboard   OK
IRQ 14   Primary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 15   Secondary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK
Next I attempt to (already plugged into D-Bracket
port) power on my buslink USB 2.0 hard drive. As soon
as I do the machine immediately goes to a blue screen.
No messages given but numbers are shown. I have screen
shots taking with my digital camera. I then returned
to safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before,
and boot to VGA mode. Once the USB drivers have been
restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
this time plugged into the onboard legacy ports. I
can I get another blue screen this time including a
message "IRQL not less or equal", again I have taken
screen shots with my digital camera.I then returned to
safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before, and
boot to VGA mode. Once the USB drivers have been
restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
this time plugged into the front panel USB ports
(4&6). When I power it on Windows XP warns me that I
have a high-speed USB device plugged into a non
high-speed USB hub. But I receive no error messages.
However I do not exceed the drive through "my
computer". I go through the add hardware wizard to try
and at the drive manually and it says the device is
working properly. Still I do not see the drive.
Finally I tried installing a Buslink USB 2.0 PCI card
after the above steps. I then returned to safe mode,
remove the USB drivers as I did before, and boot to
VGA mode. Once the USB drivers have been restored I
attempt to power on the bus link hard drive this time
plugged into the PCI card. The drive seems to be
recognized automatically by Windows XP however my
system slows to a crawl trying to access any hard
drive. When I try and access the USB 2.0 hard drive I
get a message something to the effect of "(the drive
letter) not being recognizable".
Any ideas on what could be causing this? The same
Buslink hard drive works great at work on my Windows
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I first tried installing the VIA4in1 and VIA USB2.0 patch. Then I tried the D-bracket after refreshing the usb drivers (I did not disable all other devices like in my original post, should I have?). Same result, blue screen crash at power on.
Next I disable USB ports in BIOS and install USB PCI card. Then power on the USB HD plugged into card. Same result. Computer slow accessing local drives. When I try to access the USB drive I get a "E:/ is not accessible; the file or data is corrupted or unreadable."
Next I remove the USB card. I enter BIOS and set to "2" ports. Presumably this turns on the USB1.1 ports on the mobo. I return to windows xp. It now seems to install the drivers, but just as it finishes I get a "a problem has been encountered instaaling this device (it has done this before but after finishing I get the blue screen most times). Next I goto the device manager, and in my USB devices I have a USB mass storage device w/ a yellow flag. I goto properties and see a:
"the device cannot start (code 10)" device status. I click "troubleshoot" and voila... blue screen.
Finally I reboot, and set 4 ports in BIOS, making my JUSB3 FRONT PANEL usb1.1? ports active. Interestingly these respond like the PCI card. Computer slow accessing local drives. When I try to access the USB drive I get a "E:/ is not accessible; the file or data is corrupted or unreadable." As soon as I power off the USB HD things are normal...
I will take this USB HD to work tomorrow just to ensure its integrity. Any other ideas? What kinds of BIOS settings might F up USB?
Andrew

HT201401 MTP USB Device not installed

Hello -
I'm new to this community message board.
I recently started having this problem about two months ago. Up til that time I didn't have this problem.
When I would connect my iPhone 4S to my windows 7 computer, the folder files would pop up and ask if I wanted to open the files from the iPhone connection through the USB port that I have always used.
It started two months ago, that when I connected my iPhone in the same way that I have always connected through the USB port, that instead Windows would recognize the connection but attempt to install the drivers. A message always comes up saying that Windows can not install the MTP USB Device because It can not load the drivers for this device and Code 31.
I've searched the web for solutions but have not found any that fix this problem. These are troubleshooting things that I have tried:
I have downloaded and installed the lastest iTunes application.
I have upgraded the iPhone to the lastest IOS
I have reset the iPhone, then reconnected to USB port on computer
I have connected the iPhone to another USB port on my computer
I have selected an earlier Windows System Restore point at a time before this problem existed and restored my computer
I have used the Windows 7 installation disk to repair the Windows Operating System
I have uninstalled the drivers for the iPhone in Device Manager, restarted the computer and then connected the iPhone and USB cable to the computer.
I have used another USB Cable to connect the iPhone to the computer.
I have looked in Control Panel under Devices - the Apple Mobil Device Driver is displayed with no problems. However the iPhone is displayed with a triangle and an exclamation mark in the triangle.
I have viewed Device Manager in Windows 7 and looked in these categories: Universeral Serial Bus Controller - everything is okay, no triangles with exlamation marks in them or any other markings on any of the Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Controllers. The Category in Device Manager called Human Interface Devices also looks okay.
In Device Manager the category Portable Devices lists H:\, MTP USB Device, WPD File System Device Driver all have the small yellow triangle with the exclamation mark in the triangle. When I double click to open these devices up in Device Manager they all say the device is not working properly because windows can not load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31).
Windows 7 still does not recognize the iPhone as it use to do with the open file window that pops-up when the iPhone is connected to computer. Windows shows these drivers for the iPhone on my computer and these show up in the properties of the MTP USB Device - which is what Windows 7 calls the iPhone connection.
UMDF\WpdMtpdDr.dll
winusb.sys
WUDFRd.sys
WpdMtp.dll
WpdMtpUS.dll
So has anyone had this problem of Windows giving error message “can not load drivers for this device and Code 31” and is there a fix?
Thank you if you can help with this problem.

I had the same iss - it's a known issue whereby Windows attempts to use the wrong driver to access the phone.
BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY!!! Editing the registry can be (read: IS) dangerous and can cause no end of pain if done incorrectly.(But dont wort..i did it...)
- To Back Up your Registry: Click Start menu and click "Run". Type "regedit". Click File, then choose export and type "iphone driver fix registry backup".
- Click Export and let it export the the registry to a file.
- To fix the issue: Follow the folder tree on the left to: hkeylocalmachine > system > current control set > control > class
- Find “{EEC5AD98-8080-425F-922A-DABF3DE3F69A}” down the LEFT hand side and click on it.
- Under the list on the RIGHT hand side find "UpperFilters"
- Right-Click UpperFilters and click delete
- Close the registry editor and restart your PC (without the iphone attached).
- Once restarted and logged back in, plug in your iphone and voila! Windows will actually choose the correct driver and you'll be in like flynn.

MPC800K usb and fan power control problem.

Hello all,
I own one of these MPC800K (K8M800 Via chipset...) boxes for one week now and since the first day I've always been surprised because both system and cpu fans were stuck to approx. 2100 rpm, whatever the cpu was doing. (Burning or not). It was a little noisy to my taste when just playing mp3 by exemple, so I tried yesterday to flash the mobo with what seemed to be the latest bios available. The board is reporting to be MS-7056, but when I browse MSI support pages, I can see that MPC800K is sometimes claimed to have 7056 or 6276 model motherboard. Confusing. When downloading bios, reference is made to 6276 mb on the download page, then inside the archive, bios file name is "A7056VMS.320". Even more confusing, but I made the choice to believe 7056 and 6276 are the same. (Can anyone confirm...?).
Flashing bios from one usb key ran perfectly, reboot ran perfectly, so did loading Windows (Home Edition). Oh, nice, it seemed to be my day of luck, because favor to this new bios (version 3.20, was running 3.13 before), cpu and system fans were now much more quiet when the cpu was not heavily loaded. Good. I love silence. Eh, but wait ! What the h... Where does come from this slight but really annoying hissing sound ? Seems to come from the inside of the box... You know, the kind of tipicaly electronical hissing sound, when some composant is subjet to some kind of stress. Then I noticed that the integrated card readers activity led was turned on but there wasn't even any card inserted. Abnormal. Trying to reboot. Ah, good. Led is now turned off. But there's still this annoying hissing sound, and... oh no, cpu and system fans are not quiet anymore, they went back to medium speed... Always.
Let's think. ... Let's try something. Shuting down windows, going to the bios, disabling USB integrated controler (because of the fancy behavior of the card readers led, obviously related to some kind of usb disorder, don't you think ?). Rebooting. Nice ! No more hissing sound, and fans control is now effective. Of course the bad news is that having disabled usb, I've no more usb ports working. Unfortunately, I need them.
Going back to the bios, re-enabling usb support, going back to windows, and playing with usb host controler in the device manager -> As soon as it is disabled, fan control is working perfectly. As soon as I re-enable it, automatic fan control is out of order again.
The choice is :
- functionnal USB ports but electronical hissing noises and no fan control
or
- fan control, no hissing noises, but no usb either.
Oh yes, I could always come back the old v3.13 bios. USB would be functionnal but I would lose automatic fan control and I would get rid of the hissing noises.
But :
1/ I would like to have fan control working !!!
2/ I did something I should not have done. (Guess what, I did not dump my old bios prior to flashing the new one, and there is absolutely no archive around the whole "googled" web.)
I also tried to install another version of windows to see how it would handle the situation. Well... I installed W2003 Server, and it's nearly the same mess : no fan control and hissing noise when usb enabled, but effective fan control and no more hissing noise when I disable "Standard enhanced PCI to USB Host Controler", and then a little surprise : usb ports are still working, but I lose 2.0 high speed, everything is falling to 1.1 full speed. (With XP Home, I had to disable VIA enhanced USB host controler, and then all usb support was off).
I think it's likely to be some kind of conflict between usb controler ressources and the way the mobo control the fans. Adress conflict, irq conflict ? I don't see how I could test since the bios doesn't let me change them in any way.
If someone has any idea to let me escape this bad situation, I would be *grateful*.
Maybe another release of the bios could help me ?

^
hmm, I have never hear of a USB controller making a hissing noise????
anyway try keeping usb controller enabled and disconnect the usb card reader. there should be a little cable that will enable you to disconnect the card reader. do you get a hissing noise with it disconnected?
eitherway I would think about return the system for another one. or warranty

How do I tell if USB-2 is Working?

In Device Manager I have these:
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
Along with 3 of these:
USB Root Hub
I don't have anything that says USB 2.0. What do you have?
Getting a USB 2 flash drive and just was getting curious about it. I have fully patched XP SP1 which is supposed to have the USB drivers but I wonder if they're working.
If yours works, what do you have?

This is related to Jimmy's question>
How can I be sure that my USB 2.0 devices are using the USB 2.0 ports?
When I re-plugged my multi-function printer I got the Warning window that my 2.0 device would be slowed if plugged into a slower hub/port. It suggested that I should plug the device into an enhanced hub but all that was listed were 8 under the enhanced hub. There was no indication that the device was connected to this enhanced hub. My machine only has 8 USB ports so logic would dictate that if 8 ports were listed under the enhanced hub that all 8 ports would be enhanced but this is Windows we are talking about.
I did check the Device Manager
Start>
Settings>Control Panel
Performance and Maintenance>System>Device Manager
Under the USB devices you should see your Flash Drive listed
Right click to bring up menu and select Properties and under the GENERAL tab is should say if the drive is using the USB 2.0 under LOCATION.
For example mine said : Location 0 (USB2.0 MFP) for my multi-purpose printer under the composite device listing in the device manager but the print and mass storage listings just stated Location 0.
I took this to mean that Location 0 had a USB2.0 multi-function printer attached to location 0 but does that necessarily mean that Location 0 is on an enhanced hub?
Thanks for a clairification
Sion

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