USB keyboard Troubleshooting

[Guinelle1]

I do not know if im in the right forum but this seemed right

i have a Saitek Cyborg Gaming keyboard and everything worked fine until i spilled some water on it. the keyboard STILL WORKS after i let it dry out. the problem is it doesnt work on MY computer. im pretty sure its a driver issue. ive uninstalled all drivers for the keyboard and reinstalled. still no work. tried system restore to when it did work. still doesnt work. any help is appriciated

*Also the keyboard has gaming keys which are programed and still work. but normal keys dont. so im confused

 

[Guinelle1]

HELP ME PLEASEEEE!!!!!!!! I WANT TO SMASH MY KEYBOARD!!! i restored the keyboard worked but i had to unplug it to move it and it dont work i need help please i will like pay you!!!@

 

[AstaLaVista]

Guinelle, the easiest thing to do is to try another Keyboard, unless water was spilled across the WHOLE keyboard, some keys will work and some others (where water seated directly) won't.

You may be able to alleviate this by running a hair dryer to the keyboard but still, it will never work the same again... you may get lucky.

Liquids + Electronic Equipment = Hair Raising Situations

 

[Guinelle1]

not to be mean, but ive tested this the keyboard works 100%. just.. not on my pc.. it is DEFINITLY a driver issue. i can plug it into my brothers and it works. it detects drivers and works perfect

 

[Dwarf]

Hi Guinelle1,

Was the keyboard plugged in, and was your system operational when you spilt water on it? If so, you may have damaged your motherboard (shorted the USB socket to which you plugged the keyboard). Since you state that the keyboard seems to work OK on another system (your brothers), then try his keyboard on yours. I would also try an alternative USB socket, if you have any spare.

 

[Guinelle1]

yes, and yes. im plugging the keyboard into my front USB port because i do not want to reach behind it everytime, and i have tried a few different back ports.. im not exactly sure which port it is but im just baffled. im 99.9999% positive it is a driver issue though

 

[AstaLaVista]

OK, if you are sure that it is a driver problem, have you downloaded the 64 bit drivers for your KB?

I found this site here... Drivers & Software

I would download the 64 bit drivers for it, save it on a temp folder, uninstall the drivers you have now, restart and update drivers... remember to "Run as Administrator" when you do the new install.

If that doesn't help, I would Uninstall all the USB drivers, restart and let Vista sort out the installation of the drivers for it. You may have asimple IRQ conflict with it right now even though I have no idea if Vista is even capable of such thing.