USB Conlifction problem - Advice sought

[jagdpanther]

Hello again Techy chaps

Ive recently bought a webcam thingy..cool looking thing, kinda looks like Geordie LeForge from Star Trek TNG

Anyway, my problem is and has been for a while, as follows:

I am running (at the moment) a Wannadoo Wireless livebox with Inventel receiver obviously connected via the USB port

I am also using a USB keyboard as for some reason, finding a PS2 Keyboard with a lead thats long enough for my sometimes akward setup, is a real nightmare and damn near impossible!

Now, if I plug the webcam in (or anything else into one of the available USB slots for that matter) the computer decides to shut down one of the other connections and it wont get rid of the manual input device as it needs that so....off goes the internet!

There seems to be power still going through the inventel adapter thing, but the software that controls it is adamant that its going to sleep and will not find the adapter to make a connection

Is there anyway around this in some kind of options page...without going too technical as I vaguely know my way around the phisicalities of using a PC but not the technical bumpf

Thanks for any help offered

~S~

[tigger1]

Guessing they're all built-in USB ports? It's possiblya power issue (too much power trying to go through USB ports). Could try using a powered USB hub - which will have the added bonus of giving you spare USB ports.

[flossythepig]

jagdpanther said:

I am also using a USB keyboard as for some reason, finding a PS2 Keyboard with a lead thats long enough for my sometimes akward setup, is a real nightmare and damn near impossible!

How long do you need? The keyboard I am using now has a 2m extension cable.

[jagdpanther]

tigger1 said:

Guessing they're all built-in USB ports? It's possiblya power issue (too much power trying to go through USB ports). Could try using a powered USB hub - which will have the added bonus of giving you spare USB ports.

Good call, I actually have a hub somewhere which I bought a while back, but once I removed the scanner I didnt see a use for it....I think you've just provided me with one


Oh and the cabe on a standard keyboard at the moment seems to stand at around 1.5 meters from what Ive seen...so 2 meters would be a bonus if I were ever to swtich back to the PS2 keyboard

Cheers guys

[jagdpanther]

Quick update

All seems to be fine

Webca thingy working, internet still connection, keyboard still working.....Im trying the camera now


Yep...its alive

Thanks again chaps