Comments on: Is there a driver patch, or update that will allow my Sony laptop to start with a Mac keyboard attached? http://www.laptopauctionhouse.com/sony/is-there-a-driver-patch-or-update-that-will-allow-my-sony-laptop-to-start-with-a-mac-keyboard-attached/ Why Pay Full Price for a Laptop When You Don't Have To? Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:26:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sean H http://www.laptopauctionhouse.com/sony/is-there-a-driver-patch-or-update-that-will-allow-my-sony-laptop-to-start-with-a-mac-keyboard-attached/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Sean H Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:43 +0000 http://www.laptopauctionhouse.com/sony/is-there-a-driver-patch-or-update-that-will-allow-my-sony-laptop-to-start-with-a-mac-keyboard-attached/#comment-1537 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). 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).

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