keyboard died! pls help

aeskay SG

hi, i'm pressing frantically on the on-screen keyboard now - my acer usb keyboard suddenly stop functioning this morning. its model is 6511-HA. all the buttons are non-functional except for the volume dial.

last nite it was working fine and i even installed an IM software called QQ. wonder if it's trojans. scanned the com this morn and only found 2 instances of a troj_bagle.ao

checked the drivers & found that it's blank. as in, no keyboard drivers installed. the acer drivers i found are also useless. even tried unplugging and switching usb ports but no use.

please help! =S

youyayu SG

get a anti virus software pay for it.. zzzzz don't help? get a new keyboard

QX179R SG

did you try restarting your comp..

aeskay SG

qx179r: yes, but it didn't help. re-plugged the keyboard, but there's no response too. only once was there a popup balloon saying sth about device not recognized -_-

QX179R SG

is your keyboard newly bought or have been using it for a very very long time..

most likely its time to get urself a new keyboard liao..

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Please try a PS/2 keyboard.

PS/2 keyboard have a round head connector and is green in colour.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

And regarding your Bagle issue, did you go looking for cracks?

aeskay SG

i've been using it for years b4 it suddenly malfunctioned. i suspect it's a software/virus/driver issue instead of hardware. cos just now i reboot & went into the optionsthing (b4 windows started) and the keyboard works fine!

ndmmxiaomayi: sry what u mean? if it's whthr i've tried to dl those removers, yes i have, at trend micro website, but no luck...

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Cracks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(computing)

As far as I'm aware, one of the best way to get Bagle is through it. It has a very cool icon.

aeskay SG

icic, haha recently no... this morn even worse - at the dos startup screen alrdy say keyboard not detected...