Is there a driver patch, or update that will allow my Sony laptop to start with a Mac keyboard attached?
8 February 2010
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I have a Sony laptop that stays stationary on my desk. I have a Mac keyboard hooked up and each time I start my laptop I need to unplug the keyboard or my computer freezes before the Windows start screen. It’s a Sony VGN-FW290 with Windows 7. Is there a driver patch or something I can download to keep this problem from happening?
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Generally, Mac keyboards work fine on PCs. There’s a few different keys named differently but it shouldn’t prevent a machine from booting. It’s not likely that Apple, Microsoft, or Sony have created a patch for that specific keyboard to run under Windows 7.
Best guess is there’s something specific about that keyboard and that laptop (test the keyboard on another PC to see if it works, if it does the Sony or Win 7 is the issue). There could also be a BIOS setting that’s causing the incompatibility. Look around in the laptop’s BIOS (usually F1 or Del on bootup) and look for settings regarding USB keyboards (test changing these one at a time) and/or PnP OSes (should be enabled).