Lite on keyboard sk-6000 USB conection windows xp

Install drivers should come with a disc install the software and all should work

If it is a PS/2 keyboard (the one with the purple connector), your laptop has to have a PS/2 port, if not, you need an PS/2 to USB connector. If the keyboard is USB, just hook it up to the USB port of the laptop, and you're set!

Try connecting a PS/2 keyboard (PS/2 means the round connector) and a USB mouse (flat connector). What Operating System are you using? Windows '98? Windows XP? Some other OS?

Make sure the computer is off, before you connect the keyboard. After you connect the Keyboard, go ahead and start it up.

I have found them available (used) for sale by googling "PC Concepts SK-6000 keyboard" (without the quotes). Also try Ebay and Craigslist. The mfr went out of business years ago.

It could be a bad Trackman or a bad PS/2 Port.

1st test if it's the port by trying another mouse, or by trying this Trackman in another known working PS/2 port on another computer.  (don't forget to reboot each time you plug in a PS/2 device)

2nd, you can try using a PS/2 to USB adaptor.

These two have great reviews...


$12 TRIPP LITE USB to PS/2 Adapter Model B015-000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16812120006

$20 SIIG JU-ACB012-S2 USB to PS/2 adapter cable
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16812191021

Best of luck getting that wonderful Trackball working again!

~Andrew
EmpoweringSolutions

CHECK BIOS TO MAKE SURE IT DID NOT TURN ITSELF OFF WHEN YOU PLUGGED IT INTO THE USB.BIOS MAY HAVE TURNED IT OFF TO PREVENT A CONFLICT.RICHARDM69

(That is the the Num Lock indicator, nothing to worry about.) If it is not working it is likely because USB keyboards can time some time to be recognized by windows, let the computer boot up with the keyboard connected and let sit for up to ten minutes.

Sometimes if other hardware is detected at the same time which requires drivers to be installed, windows will never proceed to installing your keyboard, however you cannot install the other drivers until you have a working keyboard. To solve this, you will need to use an older style PS/2 keyboard to get everything installed and working as they do not need to be detected.

You don't need a driver for a PS/2 keyboard nor a USB keyboard. The keyboard lights should lite up at post. After boot press the Caps Lock key and it will light the corresponding light on the keyboard if the controller works. If not it is the motherboard. If you are strapped for bucks get a mobo that can use the same cpu, RAM and drives. Good luck, Steve Medley

For the touchpad: if your keyboard equipped with standard COM connector try: http://www.acersupport.com/library/ti_note/2x0tpad.exe (older synaptics driver - working with COM port based touchpad perfectly) - or if you have converted it to PS2 connector (i converted my one from COM to PS2) you can use the latest generic touchpad driver from http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm . (sadly synaptics dropped support for comport based devices in the latest drivers...)