Yesterday, in anticipation of adding an additional system (for SETI) that I intend to build mostly from spare parts, I upgraded my Belkin OmniCube 2 Port to a OmniCube 4 Port.
Please keep in mind that the OmniCube 2 Port works fine with the current configuration: a dual processor machine running on a Asus P2B-D board and Windows 2000 RC2 and a single Celeron-based machine running Windows 98se.
However, I get quite a few keyboard errors. The text keys appear to work OK, but num lock and caps lock flake out a lot, hitting the number pad keys result in the wrong characters being display, and hitting the escape and arrow keys frequently does nothing. I haven't tried. The same goes for ctrl-alt-delete, an important combination when you're using Windows 98 or 2000.
I haven't tried the function keys. Too scared.
I exchanged the unit a bought yesterday, hoping it was defective. Everything started OK, but when trying to enter my password into the Windows 98 machine, I was able to access my system just by hitting the num lock key. Very spooky.
Relevant components:
Belkin OmniCube 4 Port
Microsoft Natural Keyboard (last year's model)
Windows 2000 RC2 and 98se
Microsoft Intellimouse
Belkin PS2 and VGA cables
Asus P2B-D and P2B-F mainboards
I followed directions very closely when installing the unit.
Again, I'm using a second unit, so either I have a conflict of some sort or I'm very unlucky.
Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net
Please keep in mind that the OmniCube 2 Port works fine with the current configuration: a dual processor machine running on a Asus P2B-D board and Windows 2000 RC2 and a single Celeron-based machine running Windows 98se.
However, I get quite a few keyboard errors. The text keys appear to work OK, but num lock and caps lock flake out a lot, hitting the number pad keys result in the wrong characters being display, and hitting the escape and arrow keys frequently does nothing. I haven't tried. The same goes for ctrl-alt-delete, an important combination when you're using Windows 98 or 2000.
I haven't tried the function keys. Too scared.
I exchanged the unit a bought yesterday, hoping it was defective. Everything started OK, but when trying to enter my password into the Windows 98 machine, I was able to access my system just by hitting the num lock key. Very spooky.
Relevant components:
Belkin OmniCube 4 Port
Microsoft Natural Keyboard (last year's model)
Windows 2000 RC2 and 98se
Microsoft Intellimouse
Belkin PS2 and VGA cables
Asus P2B-D and P2B-F mainboards
I followed directions very closely when installing the unit.
Again, I'm using a second unit, so either I have a conflict of some sort or I'm very unlucky.
Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net
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