This is a curiosity, not really causing me problems.

When I got my new computer, I could not tolerate the keyboard that came with
it. I wanted to use my old one, which is a PS/2, but the computer has no
PS/2 port. I found a USB>PS/2 adapter at Radio Shack which is working out
pretty well.

Every night the computer gets shut down. When powered on daily, every once
in awhile, say, every 1-3 weeks, the keyboard will not function. At first I
thought the adapter connections were loose, but that didn't seem to be the
case. Unplugging the adapter and plugging it back in solved the problem each
time.

My son told me to try a restart instead of the unplugging the next time it
happened. The restart also got the keyboard working.

I'm just curious as to what might be causing this and if it's related to the
adapter or if that's just a coincidence.

This is a simple answer to your curiosity, your old keyboard is a legacy
style. Reverting a legacy to USB works fine. USB is faster than legacy, so
when your computer is loading, the new computer once in awhile will skip the
legacy to finish the other startups because the keyboard is slower to be
recognized. When your new computer finishes the other startups and then you
reinsert the keyboard then the computer has time to recognize the legacy
keyboard.
KRB


"Marty" wrote:

> This is a curiosity, not really causing me problems.
>
> When I got my new computer, I could not tolerate the keyboard that came with
> it. I wanted to use my old one, which is a PS/2, but the computer has no
> PS/2 port. I found a USB>PS/2 adapter at Radio Shack which is working out
> pretty well.
>
> Every night the computer gets shut down. When powered on daily, every once
> in awhile, say, every 1-3 weeks, the keyboard will not function. At first I
> thought the adapter connections were loose, but that didn't seem to be the
> case. Unplugging the adapter and plugging it back in solved the problem each
> time.
>
> My son told me to try a restart instead of the unplugging the next time it
> happened. The restart also got the keyboard working.
>
> I'm just curious as to what might be causing this and if it's related to the
> adapter or if that's just a coincidence.
>
>
>

I'm pretty computer-illiterate and never heard the word "legacy" in this
context. However, I think I get the gist of your explanation and it sounds
logical to me.

Thanks much.

"KRB" <KRB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0FDA4EF6-1BEB-4EB9-B057-6EA128DB837F@microsoft.com...
> This is a simple answer to your curiosity, your old keyboard is a legacy
> style. Reverting a legacy to USB works fine. USB is faster than legacy,
> so
> when your computer is loading, the new computer once in awhile will skip
> the
> legacy to finish the other startups because the keyboard is slower to be
> recognized. When your new computer finishes the other startups and then
> you
> reinsert the keyboard then the computer has time to recognize the legacy
> keyboard.
> KRB
>
>
> "Marty" wrote:
>
>> This is a curiosity, not really causing me problems.
>>
>> When I got my new computer, I could not tolerate the keyboard that came
>> with
>> it. I wanted to use my old one, which is a PS/2, but the computer has no
>> PS/2 port. I found a USB>PS/2 adapter at Radio Shack which is working
>> out
>> pretty well.
>>
>> Every night the computer gets shut down. When powered on daily, every
>> once
>> in awhile, say, every 1-3 weeks, the keyboard will not function. At first
>> I
>> thought the adapter connections were loose, but that didn't seem to be
>> the
>> case. Unplugging the adapter and plugging it back in solved the problem
>> each
>> time.
>>
>> My son told me to try a restart instead of the unplugging the next time
>> it
>> happened. The restart also got the keyboard working.
>>
>> I'm just curious as to what might be causing this and if it's related to
>> the
>> adapter or if that's just a coincidence.
>>
>>
>>

Sorry about terming the word Legacy, I should have explained better. Here is
an article that may help in understanding what I tried to put forth.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/Lf.mspx

KRB


"Marty" wrote:

> I'm pretty computer-illiterate and never heard the word "legacy" in this
> context. However, I think I get the gist of your explanation and it sounds
> logical to me.
>
> Thanks much.
>
> "KRB" <KRB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0FDA4EF6-1BEB-4EB9-B057-6EA128DB837F@microsoft.com...
> > This is a simple answer to your curiosity, your old keyboard is a legacy
> > style. Reverting a legacy to USB works fine. USB is faster than legacy,
> > so
> > when your computer is loading, the new computer once in awhile will skip
> > the
> > legacy to finish the other startups because the keyboard is slower to be
> > recognized. When your new computer finishes the other startups and then
> > you
> > reinsert the keyboard then the computer has time to recognize the legacy
> > keyboard.
> > KRB
> >
> >
> > "Marty" wrote:
> >
> >> This is a curiosity, not really causing me problems.
> >>
> >> When I got my new computer, I could not tolerate the keyboard that came
> >> with
> >> it. I wanted to use my old one, which is a PS/2, but the computer has no
> >> PS/2 port. I found a USB>PS/2 adapter at Radio Shack which is working
> >> out
> >> pretty well.
> >>
> >> Every night the computer gets shut down. When powered on daily, every
> >> once
> >> in awhile, say, every 1-3 weeks, the keyboard will not function. At first
> >> I
> >> thought the adapter connections were loose, but that didn't seem to be
> >> the
> >> case. Unplugging the adapter and plugging it back in solved the problem
> >> each
> >> time.
> >>
> >> My son told me to try a restart instead of the unplugging the next time
> >> it
> >> happened. The restart also got the keyboard working.
> >>
> >> I'm just curious as to what might be causing this and if it's related to
> >> the
> >> adapter or if that's just a coincidence.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>