Neo platinum & USB keyboards

peeps i,m facing this weird kinda problem with my HP usb multimedia keyboard when i hook it up with my neo platinum, its that each time windows starts i have to plug it out and plug it in again to make it work otherwise there is just no power in it, everytime i have to make it to be detected, i have re-installed windows and update bios, i have enabled usb keyboards and mouse support in the bios but no avail
secondly, i cannot enter the bios with this usb keyboard, have to hook a ps2 keyboard when i have to enter bios, can someone help please?

Quote from: Tiresmoke on 13-March-05, 00:15:01
When I bought my board I sis some research on it before I purchased. At that time it did not work aty all with MS mouse Opticals. No rythme or reason they just did nor work. I bought a logitech with my board. I got my board all set up and low and behold it did work with the MS mouse.
The moral of the story is sometime they do and sometimes they don't. No reason. Worst case is you need to buy another keyboard. They are cheap items. I feel your pain.
Yeah, usually there's some sort arcane software/hardware conflict - but it's usually been my experience that the included software bundles just rot. I never use 'em anymore.
But that's just me....

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