Fighting XP/Mini-Pac

[Nailz]

I have had my mini-pac and computer system set up and working in my office for the last year, everything works fine.  So I am now almost done and bring in my bartop to finalize everything.  I unplug my usb hub as I now no longer need my mouse and keyboard and just plug in the mini-pac.

Nothing works now....

I check wiring, everything is fine, I plug the hub back in along with my keyboard and mouse, the mouse works but keyboard does not.  I thought I had perhaps blown up the mini-pac, but I plug it into my main PC and it instantly fires up and works fine so it isn't the mini-pac.

I go back to my mame pc, uninstall all of my usb drivers, restart my pc, XP SP1 fires up, finds and load my usb drivers, I plug in my mini-pac, XP states it find the trackball, all interface devices, etc., still doesn't work, I plug in my keyboard, XP says it finds it, but keyboard doesn't work, plug in my mouse, mouse works, interestingly enough, my mouse works, my spinner and trackball work, but my keyboard does not, it doesn't matter if it is plugged into the keyboard out on the mini-pac, or whether it is plugged into the computer directly with either the PS/2 converter or into a usb port in the hub or not.

I have deleted usb drivers, updated to the latest, it still doesn't help.

I plug it into my other PC, it runs great.

What the hell am I mising, it's driving me insane and I am really close to just wiping the drive and re-installing, obvioulsy I would rather not, but thought I would ask any of you if you have seen anything like this with your installs.

Thanks,

Marty

[Nailz]

I should also note that my keyboards, usb or ps/2, work on boot-up to get into bios just fine, it's just after they get into XP that they stop working.  Also interesting is that the keyboard will work momentarily in notepad while the drivers are still loading when I first plug it in.

Very strange stuff.....