I give up. Stupid keyboard.
I use an IBM keyboard on my home machine. Recently, it effectively died from overuse. Keys falling off, mouse buttons not working, etc.
So I bought a replacement. The closest I could find is this: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-45849.html
I mean, it's the same thing as I have now, except no keypad. How hard could it be to replace?
If all you want is a keyboard and a pointer, not very hard. But for whatever reason, the new keyboard is listed in the device manager as a "HID Keyboard Device" and a "HID-compliant mouse". So you can use the pad or trackpoint... but can't do any customization. None. You can't even reduce the amount of force necessary to push the cursor around.
Why not? Don't know. The only clue is that the wizard which comes with it says the trackpoint is disabled, and I have to re-enable it in the BIOS. That's great for an IBM machine which has such capability... but the basic machine is not an IBM. Nothing in the bios looks relevant. I even updated the bios, and went through the necessary hoops to get _that_ working again. Nothing.
I can plug my original keyboard in. _It_ shows up as a HID Keyboard Device, Synaptics Composite USB TouchPad, and Synaptics Composite USB TouchStyk. I can still adjust everything I need to, for that keyboard.
Why, oh why, doesn't it recognize the new keyboard?
Because otherwise, I'm just going to box it up, send it back to Amazon, and hope that the version of the keyboard which has no touch pad works better. I love the trackpoint interface, but only when I can reduce the amount of pressure required as low as it'll go.
I'm not looking for sympathy, actually. I'm looking for solutions.
So I bought a replacement. The closest I could find is this: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-45849.html
I mean, it's the same thing as I have now, except no keypad. How hard could it be to replace?
If all you want is a keyboard and a pointer, not very hard. But for whatever reason, the new keyboard is listed in the device manager as a "HID Keyboard Device" and a "HID-compliant mouse". So you can use the pad or trackpoint... but can't do any customization. None. You can't even reduce the amount of force necessary to push the cursor around.
Why not? Don't know. The only clue is that the wizard which comes with it says the trackpoint is disabled, and I have to re-enable it in the BIOS. That's great for an IBM machine which has such capability... but the basic machine is not an IBM. Nothing in the bios looks relevant. I even updated the bios, and went through the necessary hoops to get _that_ working again. Nothing.
I can plug my original keyboard in. _It_ shows up as a HID Keyboard Device, Synaptics Composite USB TouchPad, and Synaptics Composite USB TouchStyk. I can still adjust everything I need to, for that keyboard.
Why, oh why, doesn't it recognize the new keyboard?
Because otherwise, I'm just going to box it up, send it back to Amazon, and hope that the version of the keyboard which has no touch pad works better. I love the trackpoint interface, but only when I can reduce the amount of pressure required as low as it'll go.
I'm not looking for sympathy, actually. I'm looking for solutions.