USB keyboard not working in vistax64?

I have been using a ps2 keyboard with no problem for months now. I have recently purchased a USB keyboard Eclipse II by Saitek. The keyboard is detected and usable in the Bios configuration buy when I get to the loggin screen in vistax64, it does not work anymore.

Saitek website says it should work with the default windows generic keyboard config. But my computer detected it as a Human Interface Device (Saitek Eclipse II) and asks for drivers? It does showed connected in the USB hub. Can I force it to use the generic windows drivers? Can I download some other drivers? The keyboard is basic with some fancy lights.

Vista is fully up to date with all the current patchs. Any help would be much appreciated.

Shawn.

MY system is:

Asus M2A-VM motherboard
AMD 5200+
4GBytes of OCZ RAM
Windos Vista Ultimate x64
Acer P223W LCD
Using on board video at the moment.

Hi Deathmoth,

Try connecting the keyboard into different USB ports to see if one may work. You may need to uninstall the Human Interface Device it setup for it first though.

Shawn

I tried that. It then installs under other devices. Does anybody now the name of the generic usb keyboard driver for vista x64? If I had the file could I load the driver myself?

Deathmoth,

Did the keyboard come with any software to install with it?

no, the manufacturer says that you can use windows generic drivers.

Deathmoth,

Try uninstalling anything listed for Keyboard and the Human Interface device in Device Manager. Have the keyboard plugged in a USB port and restart. Make sure that in your BIOS settings somewhere, if available, that you have it set to allow the OS to detect hardware instead of the BIOS. I do not know what else to try.

Shawn