- Dec 6, 2016
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Recently I had a guy make me a custom ps/2 wire for my old acer keyboard. It finally got finished yesterday and I plugged it into the keyboard and I got no response. I decided to try the old wire and I also got no response.
I decided to use a multi meter to test if anything was wrong and the only thing that I found was that the original cords wiring appeared to be different then the new cables. I pulled up a diagram of a ps/2 plug and it appears the guy wired the new cord backwards.
Using the original cord I plug it into my old computer (because i know it is currently working) and it tells me keyboard failure. I suspect the keyboards motherboard got fried but I see no physical issues with it. I am also thinking my ps/2 port on my newer computer is fried because a ps/2 mouse works on the old computer but not the newer computer.
Would any of you have an idea on what might be happening and if their is a solution. Or will I end up having to give them a proper funeral.
I decided to use a multi meter to test if anything was wrong and the only thing that I found was that the original cords wiring appeared to be different then the new cables. I pulled up a diagram of a ps/2 plug and it appears the guy wired the new cord backwards.
Using the original cord I plug it into my old computer (because i know it is currently working) and it tells me keyboard failure. I suspect the keyboards motherboard got fried but I see no physical issues with it. I am also thinking my ps/2 port on my newer computer is fried because a ps/2 mouse works on the old computer but not the newer computer.
Would any of you have an idea on what might be happening and if their is a solution. Or will I end up having to give them a proper funeral.
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