Re: Advice for a PS/2 to USB splitter device


kmlee wrote:
> Hello to all
> If this is the wrong forum, I would appreciate a redirection.
>
> With new laptops sporting USB only ports, I hooked up my PS/2 ergonomic
> mouse and keypad to a single USB port via one those el cheapo splitters.
> Costs about US$7.
>
> Every now and then, the mouse and keypad will hang, so I have to unplug
> and plug the device to reset it. Very troublesome of course. The shop
> says I should buy ths US$30 version.
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,

could be a prob with usb port. could be a prob with ps2-usb adaptor.
may even be a windows issue.

you could get the $30 thing, but there's no guarantee that it'll work
and I doubt the shop would refund you. so you could then resel it on
ebay if it doesn't help.

you could get an ergonomic usb keyb/mouse

I have foudn that some cheap ps2-usb adaptors don't work at all. Other
cheap ones do. The little red ones I have work very well. The slightly
larger green ones do not. I get "unrecognised device"

See, in my case, with the cheap ps2-usb adaptors, I never got a
situation where it worked and then stopped. I got cases where it wasn't
recognised at all.

Most ps2 devices won't work at all with the cheap ps2-usb devices. ps2
typically doesn't recognise usb. (though usb recognises ps2) so cheap
usb-ps2 works. though in your case it works then stops. So you must
have a special ps2 device that recognises usb.


Those 'beasts' with 2 ps2 ports and one usb port. They are detected by
windows with their own chunky driver. "human computer interface". So
it's not like plugging in a usb keyb and mouse. I don't recall being
able to get to the bios with it. It needed windows drivers.

.

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