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I plugged my mac's keyboard (intel mac, usb keyboard) into a PC. Now my mac won't detect it. Is the keyboard permanently fried!?

I wrote this thread with a virtual keyboard...
 

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I plugged my mac's keyboard (intel mac, usb keyboard) into a PC. Now my mac won't detect it. Is the keyboard permanently fried!?

I wrote this thread with a virtual keyboard...

Have you tried several different USB ports? Does it work on other machines?
 
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I've tried all three usb ports on the back of my mac. The keyboard didn't work with the pc and i have no other macs to test it on.
 

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Is this a old PC? I am wondering if there is something wrong with the PC's USB ports and it blew out the keyboard? I plug Mac USB keyboards into PC's all the time on PC's I am repairing and never have had an issue. So your mouse on the Mac plugged into the USB port works I take it which would mean the Macs ports are fine.
 
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Is this a old PC? I am wondering if there is something wrong with the PC's USB ports and it blew out the keyboard? I plug Mac USB keyboards into PC's all the time on PC's I am repairing and never have had an issue. So your mouse on the Mac plugged into the USB port works I take it which would mean the Macs ports are fine.

the pc is very new. i got the parts last saturday and have been building and rebuilding it ever since. something is always going wrong with it. and yes, the mac ports are fine.
 

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