10-03-17 09:21 Barry Martin wrote to Ed Vance about Use of Hub w Kybd & Mse
Howdy! Barry,
BM> @MSGID: <59D4F794.79.il-tech@capitolcityonline.net>
BM> Hi Ed!
BM> Have been connecting my USB keyboard and mouse to a powered USB 2.0 hub
BM> just because don't need extensions. Works fine, except when I do something
BM> stupid a lock up the computer it seems the keyboard won't
BM> work: has power, or at least the NumLock LED is on.
BM> Theoretically I'm supposed to do ALT_SysRq_REISUB to evoke a reboot
BM> (it's a Linux system) but rarely will that work. OTOH it rarely worked
BM> when I had the mouse and keyboard plugged in directly to the back
BM> panel.
BM> So, any advantages/disavantages over plugging the mouse and keyboard
BM> directly into the back panel over via a (powered) hub?
EV> My Keyboard is plugged into a PS/2 Jack on the back of this XP
EV> pc.
BM> That would tend to make it difficult to plug into a USB Hub! <gg>
Sure would. Round Plug can't fit in a Rectangle shaped hole.
I have two powered usb hubs on this XP box and one powered usb hub on a
Vista notebook.
Being picky I'd rather have a A.C. Powered USB Hub in case I had several
things plugged into the Hub and some of them wouldn't work because the
Current being robbed by others devices connected in the same Hub.
You're picky about USB Hubs too, I see.
EV> I used a Cordless Mouse for a while but still kept the Wired
EV> Mouse plugged in the Jack on the back that's next to the Keyboard
EV> Jack in case the battery ran down on the Cordless Mouse.
BM> I've found some older computers (really the motherboards) require a
BM> keyboard and/or mouse to be connected to their PS/2 ports else won't
BM> complete the boot process. Some of the BIOSs have an option to go
BM> without a keyboard -- I've never dared as if something goes wrong how
BM> do I access then?? Could go inside and use the BIOS Reset jumper but
BM> that undoes all the other BIOS settings too. So if a wireless keyboard
BM> (and mouse) is needed I just plug the wired ones in and prop next to
BM> the computer.
This HP XP box was bought in 2006, it hasn't showed it cared if a PS/2
Mouse or USB Cordless Mouse was the only Mouse connected when I turned
it On.
EV> I'm using the PS/2 Mouse now, can't remember why I retired the
EV> Cordless Mouse.
BM> Battery died and didn't have one available?
I put a battery in it to test it and noticed the LED blinking, I may have
retired it because it wasn't behaving as it should.
The USB Plug for the Mouse is taped to it, I didn't try using the Mouse.
Seeing the LED flashing causes me to 'think' it would be a waste of time
taking the tape off, plugging the Receiver in and having to tape it to the Mouse
again.
I was wondering if the BBS You use has more Networks than IL Net
and Fido Net?
... Why are things typed up but written down?
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