There is only one known issue at present.
When in Keyboard mode, response pad prevents Windows from starting up.
On some Windows PCs, depending on the BIOS settings, the response pad prevents the PC from completing the startup process.
If adjusting the BIOS settings is not an option, a workaround is to follow these steps:
- Set your Riponda to Standard mode (DIP switch 1 in the down position).
- Download the “XID to Keyboard Mode” utility.
- Install this utility program to run automatically on startup.
This way, the response pad is ignored by the PC during booting, and is put automatically in Keyboard mode afterwards.
Here’s an explanation as to the cause. Heads up: this is a bit technical.
USB keyboards have the option to include what they call a “boot interface”. Normally the host operating system loads the HID driver, looks for HID devices (eg. keyboards and mice) and then loads the HID-Keyboard driver. The “boot interface” will provide a limited functionality keyboard operation prior to the HID drivers being loaded so that you can do BIOS setups, etc.
The host system is supposed to check this flag and, if it’s cleared (as it is in Riponda), ignore the device until the OS proper is loaded. It appears that changing the BIOS setting to enable Fast Boot/USB Optimization skips over that step, and this can cause issues if the machine boots to DOS, if there are multiple boot options, or Windows Safe mode.
Last Revision: Jan 19, 2023
