How to connect the keyboard to a laptop: wired, wireless

In today's world, no one person can not live without a computer and the Internet. With laptops, computers and other gadgets we print texts for work and study, watch movies, play games and more. But none of these devices are short-lived, they can fail a regular keyboard, monitor, mouse, and so on. D.

Can I connect a keyboard to a laptop

In this article we consider the case when the laptop stopped working keypad, and tell you how to get out of this situation.

If you are on a laptop keyboard began to sink a button, or it ceased to function at all, the store computer equipment must acquire a separate keypad and connect it through usb-connector.

How to connect the keyboard to a laptop via usb

There are two types of external keyboard:

• Wired;
• Wireless.

And each of them is connected via usb connector, but before its plug should examine what is included in it complete set (with a driver CD, a radio, batteries), which will facilitate your activities during connection.

Connecting the wireless keyboard

If you purchased a wireless keypad for your computer, when you buy be sure to check the components of the device, because without accompanying parts to work it will not. The package includes a wireless keypad, battery and radio transmitter.

Before connecting the device to a laptop, you need to insert a working keyboard battery and then connect the transmitter to your laptop via usb-connector. Next, the computer on their own looking for the driver and the work it will be able to start in a couple of minutes.

If, however, operate this device does not start, then you need to manually locate the driver by means of the World Wide Web. To do this, you will need to enter in a search engine model wireless keypad, download and install it. After installing the driver and connecting this device is ready for operation.

Another option to connect the keypad to a notebook is its connection via Bluethooth. All of the modern notebooks this feature built in, but this method is very difficult when it is connected.

Such a device is also connected via usb connector, and then begins to function when the function Bluethooth on computer technology. Before connecting Be sure to install the drivers from the disk, which is attached at the time of purchase of the device. Without having to install the program, work will be nothing.

Rules wired keyboard connection

When you connect a wired keypad must perform the following steps:

• On each wired keyboard panel there is a wire, which is placed at the end of the connector to connect it to a laptop computer. This connector must be connected to computers via usb port and a couple of minutes the keyboard should work, because usually the driver in the system already installed.
• If a wired keypad does not start to function, you must check the drivers work manually. In the menu, choose "Start", go to "Taskbar" and select "Device Manager", then selecting "Keyboard" click with the right mouse button and start the "Update Driver". Next, pop up a window in which to select the "Automatically search for updated drivers" and the system automatically find the driver in the Internet for the device and install them.

Attention! If a keypad is attached disk with drivers, then before connecting the device to a laptop, you need to install them manually.

You can also independently find the driver on the Internet and install them if you know the name of the keyboard.

If you have lying around the old working keypad with a PS / 2 connector, it can be connected to a laptop and using a usb connector. But for this it will be necessary to purchase a special adapter, which can be found in any store of the computer technology. Also, this adapter can be attached to a portable laptop during its acquisition.