Wedge
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Do you remember about a year or so ago I posted a thread about a message I kept seeing that said something like "device connected channel 0"? I ask this specifically of you because you really tried hard to help me solve this riddle, but we weren't able.
It caused no problems but it was annoying. I just clicked "Ok" to make the message go away, but it would reappear, continuously.
Well, I now know what the hell kept doing that. My cordless keyboard. Apparently, the cable connection had gotten loose.
I only figured this out a week ago as the message kept reappearing. Then, abruptly, my cordless keyboard stopped communicating completely. Couldn't type any text. That's when I tried new batteries, but still got no response. I even used the manual "connect" button on the bottom of the keyboard to make it communicate. Still no luck. I reinstalled the software. Still nothing.
Then I did check the cable connections, but not well enough because the keyboard still wouldn't communicate. I freakin' went and bought a new cordless keyboard, thinking mine had just gone bad. Of course, I installed the new one and still got no response. Tried different batties, no response. I got disgusted and realized I needed to slow down because this was just to weird.
That's when I VERY METICULOUSLY check all cable connections. I have an Omni Cube switcher for using the same monitor for 2 separate computers. There isn't much finger room in the back of it for fiddling with the cables because there are so many in such a confined space that it is difficult to get a solid grip on each cable individually. But as it turns out, in the back of the cube, a cable had gotten loose by such a tiny fraction that I really couldn't tell that I pushed it in at all. But after doing this, the keyboards worked, both old and new.
Wow, I short story long, but hopefully this can help somebody else check their cable connections in the future. And I mean make sure they are SNUG, so as to eliminate the possibility that this is causing whatever problem you are having.
It caused no problems but it was annoying. I just clicked "Ok" to make the message go away, but it would reappear, continuously.
Well, I now know what the hell kept doing that. My cordless keyboard. Apparently, the cable connection had gotten loose.
I only figured this out a week ago as the message kept reappearing. Then, abruptly, my cordless keyboard stopped communicating completely. Couldn't type any text. That's when I tried new batteries, but still got no response. I even used the manual "connect" button on the bottom of the keyboard to make it communicate. Still no luck. I reinstalled the software. Still nothing.
Then I did check the cable connections, but not well enough because the keyboard still wouldn't communicate. I freakin' went and bought a new cordless keyboard, thinking mine had just gone bad. Of course, I installed the new one and still got no response. Tried different batties, no response. I got disgusted and realized I needed to slow down because this was just to weird.
That's when I VERY METICULOUSLY check all cable connections. I have an Omni Cube switcher for using the same monitor for 2 separate computers. There isn't much finger room in the back of it for fiddling with the cables because there are so many in such a confined space that it is difficult to get a solid grip on each cable individually. But as it turns out, in the back of the cube, a cable had gotten loose by such a tiny fraction that I really couldn't tell that I pushed it in at all. But after doing this, the keyboards worked, both old and new.
Wow, I short story long, but hopefully this can help somebody else check their cable connections in the future. And I mean make sure they are SNUG, so as to eliminate the possibility that this is causing whatever problem you are having.
Thanks for the update,and glad you finally found out what was causing it.I still wouldn't have figured it out since that error was very vague,unless there is a device listing in the bios that reports device '0'.