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Very Odd Wired Keyboard 600 Problem -- Win7 x64 refuses install
This is a very odd one.
I have an old Comfort Keyboard 2000 on my desktop machine which is failing. It works, but the keys are getting sloppy and it isn't long for the world.
That keyboard is no longer made, so I bought an inexpensive Wired Keyboard 600.
But when I plug it into my desktop machine I get the dreaded "bong-bong" and it refuses to come up!
If I go into the device manager, it's there under that name, with a nice "!" on it.
Now here's the fun part -- on my laptop (also Windows 7 x64!) it works!
I also looked in the registry for the VID and PID:
And found it under Enum\HID, and the file it references (oem183.inf) is in \Windows\inf.
Anyone have any ideas why this thing won't come up?
It does work in POST, Acronis recovery and on the Windows Rescue disk. But as soon as Win7 starts the number lock LED goes out and that's it -- it is not recognized once the OS starts, whether it's the only keyboard plugged into the machine or there's another one also connected at the same time.