I had some problems with the keyboard somewhat randomly repeating keys and the mouse being jumpy under Vista with the HP dv9000. After some troubleshooting I figured it was probably the USB driver. The driver in question was for the Intel 82801GB USB Universal Host Controller. The driver installed was dated 6/21/2006 with the Driver Provider being Microsoft. The version was 6.0.6000.16386, with the date of 6/21/2006- that seemed pretty old for a Vista driver. So I looked around and voila found a newer version. The Driver Provider is now Intel and the date is 9/13/2006, version 8.2.0.1008. The link to download the Intel INF Update Utility (containing the newer drivers) is:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&DwnldId=12150&lang=eng
After installing the newer Intel driver the random key presses and jittery mouse problems disappeared. I'm using the xb3000 dock with an external usb keyboard and mouse. Hope this helps anyone out there having the same problem!
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Interesting fix. I've had the same problem with my Intel-based Toshiba laptop for the longest time, and it's also based on the Intel 82801.
I'm running XP however, but how did you get the .inf update to update the driver files being used on the USB controller? I grabbed the right copy from Intel's site, but my system refuses to see any updates to drivers.
It would be very cool to fix this problem, my last 3 PC laptops had similar architecture using the same USB controller and every single one irked the crap out of me by the jumpy mouse/keyboard thing that other PC laptops don't do.
I wonder could it be the particular model of mouse/keyboards you're using? If you're using Microsoft mice/keyboards try updating the Intellipoint and Intellitype software, respectively.
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