MoBo Advice Please.......Asus ASUS PRIME Intel Z390-P 9th Ge

[vc10man 732]

1 hour ago, martin-w said:

I'm a fan of Asus boards, I know some say they have has issues with Asus but i still have no issues with them.

Same here, Martin.

1 hour ago, martin-w said:

However.... do check out EVGA motherboards, really great motherboards and fantastic EVGA support. 

Heard of their graphics cards but motherboards? Never heard of it although I did see it on Scan's website

1 hour ago, martin-w said:

Z390 Dark is a great motherboard and does have a PS/2 port. Expensive though.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Edited February 6, 2019 by vc10man

[Bob Scott 7,721]

9 hours ago, vc10man said:

Is it a Z370 or a Z390 board, Bob?

You missed the point I made earlier, where I have had to uninstall the USB controllers, every one of them, to resolve a USB connection problem, and without at PS/w2 keyboard or mouse, to scroll through each USB controller, I'd be floundering relying on an USB input  when my whole aim is to flush out the USB connections to the board.

The Maximus XI Hero is a Z390 board.

No, actually, I didn't miss that...I just don't see any good reason you'd ever have to disconnect or uninstall all of the USB controllers and hubs at the same time--there are several on most modern mobos.  If one controller or hub is misbehaving, uninstalling drivers or devices on a different hub or the hub/controller itself is not going to help.  So there is always the option of moving the keyboard/mouse to a USB port served by a different controller if one of them is having trouble.  Honestly, I'm surprised that the PS/2 port hasn't gone the way of the old serial RS232 port, also in favor of USB.  But...your build, your specs.  Jusat pointing out that it's likely to be a self-limiting choice.

Regards

[vc10man 732]

23 minutes ago, w6kd said:

The Maximus XI Hero is a Z390 board.

No, actually, I didn't miss that...I just don't see any good reason you'd ever have to disconnect or uninstall all of the USB controllers and hubs at the same time--there are several on most modern mobos.  If one controller or hub is misbehaving, uninstalling drivers or devices on a different hub or the hub/controller itself is not going to help.  So there is always the option of moving the keyboard/mouse to a USB port served by a different controller if one of them is having trouble.  Honestly, I'm surprised that the PS/2 port hasn't gone the way of the old serial RS232 port, also in favor of USB.  But...your build, your specs.  Jusat pointing out that it's likely to be a self-limiting choice.

Regards

Bob, that's great news that its a Z390.

Virtually every tech site I have been to, when diagnosing a USB device driver not being able to initiate a USB device in CP, the recommended 'cure' was delete every 'Universal Serial Bus controller' in Device Manager and I have lost count of the number of times I have lost the very USB input device(e.g keyboard) I needed to sift through these controllers. So, it was back to let Windows start all over again and let it rebuild,then back to square one. Which is why I now stipulate, for me at least, it has to have PS/2 ports. Hope I make myself clear.

Not really limiting my choice as ASRock have an excellent Z390 MoBo as does Asus as does EVGA. So, I can have my cake and eat it as the parlance goes.🤣

Edited February 6, 2019 by vc10man

[martin-w 3,235]

To be honest, it's ages since I had a board with PS/2. Never any issues.

[Dougal 165]

I understand Ricks want for PS/2.  I've just had my Corsair keyboard replaced for the 3rd time! If I'd listened to what Rick was saying, back when I needed a new mobo, I would definitely have gone for a PS/2 option.

I now have a spanking new keyboard, that (apparently) has nothing wrong with it, yet I'm forced to physically unplug and replug it every time i power off my PC.

 

[martin-w 3,235]

1 hour ago, Dougal said:

I understand Ricks want for PS/2.  I've just had my Corsair keyboard replaced for the 3rd time! If I'd listened to what Rick was saying, back when I needed a new mobo, I would definitely have gone for a PS/2 option.

I now have a spanking new keyboard, that (apparently) has nothing wrong with it, yet I'm forced to physically unplug and replug it every time i power off my PC.

 

 

Tried this...

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/usb-keyboard-and-mouse-not-working-unless-unplug/e41b93b8-427f-4d07-8808-1f5554780a28

I would update the Corsair keyboard software and also update the motherboards USB drivers from the motherboard manufacturers web site. 

I've had several Corsair iCue updates since I had my Corsair keyboard. No issues at all. 

 

Edited February 10, 2019 by martin-w

[Dougal 165]

Thanks Martin.  Hope you're ok - long time no chat.

The USB thing is a bizarre issue for sure.  Corsair (eventually) took me through a very similar process to no avail:-(

Does your keyboard work without iCue installed?

[martin-w 3,235]

2 hours ago, Dougal said:

 

Does your keyboard work without iCue installed?

 

Yep, believe so. I recall I installed the software after I plugged in and used the keyboard. Cant recall for sure, but I think it was displaying a random LED multicoloured pattern, as the keyboard has on-board memory. Software required to control the LED colour of course. I assume it was using the generic USB driver initially 

Edited February 10, 2019 by martin-w