2.4GHz keyboard - missing USB dongle, what can I do?

2.4GHz keyboard - missing USB dongle, what can I do?

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havoc

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30,173 posts

236 months

Thursday 15th February
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I've been going through some old kit and rediscovered an old Asus wireless keyboard...sans USB dongle.

Asus have said they no longer support that model, tough luck. (Not entirely unreasonably)

...so before I ditch it as junk, I wanted to find out if all 2.4GHz keyboards run the same interface, and if such a thing as a 'universal adaptor' exists for them? I can see Chinese / generic USB dongles advertised on eBay, but the cynic in me thinks that might be a too-good-to-be-true eBay special.

Anyone confirm either way?

Thanks,

Martin.

havoc

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30,173 posts

236 months

Friday 16th February
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Baldchap said:
Look under the battery cover. There's probably a slot for the dongle to live in when not in use.

Whether you have used it is another thing...
No slot - already checked it over thoroughly. I'm not THAT silly...

Google tells me different things, depending on if someone is trying to sell me something or not (I REALLY hate Google now that the first 50 results are all trying to sell you st based on keywords, rather than a proper search based on the grammar input).