I am teh t hX0R. If you are a master electronics technician with degrees in EE, you could of course take the time and money to do it yourself. I have seen these before on my computers at work and they must be readily available.
However, this specialized part sold by Dell part F was only intended to be used with certain Dell Optiplex computers. This part does not actually plug into any PCI slots of the motherboard, but insteads uses a pin ribbon cable to connect directly to a special connector on certain Dell Optiplex motherboards. The keyboard interface is an elementary low-level device and it needs to be initalized very early during the boot process.
Will it work if my keyboard uses a special software driver? This device then uses the generic, built-in USB keyboard driver which allows the operating system to think that a USB keyboard is attached. It does not translate and process the codes for the extra non-standard keys on multimedia keyboards.
This device will work on basic set of keys on an American English keyboard, but will also work with keyboards e. Every time we started up we had to unplug and replug to get the keyboard connected to a Windows 10 computer with a PS2 to USB adapter which I believe is a passive unit to work. It was plugged into a USB2 port. All I had to do was plug it into one of the computers USB3 ports and the keyboard started up perfectly with the computer afterwards no unplugging and replugging required.
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Viewed 7k times. Improve this question. Aaroncfj Aaroncfj 83 1 1 silver badge 6 6 bronze badges. It is very likely impossible. With a passive adapter, you would need a reverse adapter at the other side and you could make a ps2 cable longer.
I doubt if such a thing exists. I'm voting to leave this open, despite the fact it's not retro-computing. Many people would like to use their old keyboards, mice, joysticks and trackballs on modern machines, and this would seem to be a legitimate topic for RCSE. The fact that it can't be done isn't the fault of the question! I've used one with my Model M keyboards for several years. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. So, game over. But as you stated in your question, that's not what you want.
Improve this answer. It's going to be more expensive and time-consuming than a mass-produced active converter. I believe the mouse and keyboard were developed before USB interfaces were even in vogue. DEC LK keyboards can be used in this way, because it's protocol is serial, though power is an issue.
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