Saitek Ecplise volume buttons no longer work

[LOUISSSSS]

so my keyboard's 3 volume butons: up,down,mute

theres also a 4th button next to it, the light button and that works fine...
everything else works fine on the keyboard

soundcard is audigy 2 zs platinum and OS is winxp 32-bit

any tips?

 

[corkyg]

Gee - you made me curious about my Eclipse II. I never tried to use those buttons except the lower right-outside to change colors.

So, I called up WMP and put on a nice MP3 cut to play with. The left side buttons each have wto functions, a rocker switch left or right. The top left one is fast forward and fast back for media. The lower left one is Play, & p[ause to the left and Stop to the right.

The upper right button is the volume control. Rock left is down, rock right is up. The lower right button rock left is a speaker mute toggle, and rock right is color change.

They all work.

Have you tried a different USB port?

 

[Ika]

If just your volume rocker was broken, I wouldn't be surprised to see that your keyboard was malfunctioning, but if the mute button doesn't work, I think it has to do with your Windows.

Try plugging the keyboard into a different USB port or try using it on another computer.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

whoa didn't know changing USB slots would do the fix! thanks you two.

i did try plugging it in and replugging into same spot before and didn't work.

why would changing slots make those buttons work?

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
why would changing slots make those buttons work?

It's sort of the flaky nature of USB - not all USB ports are created equal, especially when it comes to their power components. That's why I like a powered hub for USB - consitency.