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Comfort Curve 2000 keeps disconnecting!! - Jen

Posted: Sep 24, 2010

All day today I've been having a problem with my keyboard disconnecting. When I remove/replace the plug, it'll reconnect for a little while, sometimes good for hours, sometimes only a few seconds. I know it's not the USB outlet because I've tried them all w/the keyboard and it still happens. I did update the driver and the optional windows update for it but it didn't make a difference. I've also hooked it up to another computer and it doesn't connect at all then. I'm guessing that the keyboard has gone bad, but I've had the keyboard less than a year. In the 15 yrs I've been doing this, I've NEVER had a keyboard stop working. Is this really the kind of crap hardware Microsoft is putting out these days???

Comfort Curve 2000 - Anonymous

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I love the Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard but had to stop using them because I experienced the same problem you describe. I tried 3 or 4 keyboards over time and they all disconnected without warning like that. I don't think any of them lasted a year. I was running my through a splitter with 2 PCs and thought that might be what caused it. My experience was that the purchase price was affordable but the keyboard didn't last. Sorry this is happening to you, I can relate.

Thanks - Jen

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Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one. I love that keyboard too but if they're only going to last that long, then I'd rather spend more $$ on something that'll last. Even though it has a 3 yr warranty, it's just not worth paying to send it to MS for replacement when it's really inexpensive to begin with (and I'd still be out a keyboard in the meantime). I'm just glad it wasn't my USB port going out on me.

Anyhow, thanks for letting me vent! ;-)

Jen - SM - Anonymous

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Now, I use the Microsoft Elite Keyboard, I think that is what it's called, it's the basic split ergonomic keyboard that's been around forever. I have small hands and have trouble making the reaches on some of the other keyboards, that is why I liked the Comfort Curve. I wish I knew how to solve the problem but no, you are not the only one. Hope you find something that works equally well.

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