brakken
14th July 2005, 19:15
Saitek Gamers Keyboard USB
Windows 2000 Installation Guide
Written by Brakken
July 14th, 2005
After spending nine hours and rebooting over 280 times I've finally
figured out how to get this very sleek looking keyboard running on
both of my Windows 2000 boxes.
(1) Don't use the CD-ROM that came with the device and if you already
tried installing it with the CD-ROM uninstall the applications using
add/remove programs, delete all of the directories and files that the
CD-ROM created then reboot.
(2) Ignore the instructions which came with the device
(3) Obtain the SD_WinNT_4_3_3_1727.exe Keyboard Setup File
(4) Obtain the GamersK.zip Windows XP FIX File
(5) Make sure not to plug in the keyboard yet
(6) Run the SD_WinNT_4_4_4_1727.exe
(7) Plug in the keyboard when promoted
(8) Windows installation driver windows will pop-up
(9) Install all of the drivers manually by unchecking all of the
options such as Windows Update, CD-ROM, etc
(10) Do not reboot when asked to reboot
(11) Now after all of the drivers are installed the program will
still be prompting you to plug in your keyboard so load up
the device manager and find the Gamers Keyboard under "input
devices"
(12) Access the properties to the keyboard and pick "change driver"
then browser to "C:\Program Files\Saitek\Drivers\Inf" then
when it asks to install the driver it finds pick "aternative/other
drivers"
(13) Choose the "Saitek Gamers Keyboard (USB)" (oem25.inf) as the one
it originally installs is not the USB version. It will then ask
you for the "SaiH8000.sys" file which can be located in the
GamersK.zip archive
(14) After you update your driver to the right one the original Saitek
installation program will guide you through a few prompts then
ask if you want to install the programming software.
(15) Next some more drivers will pop-up that you must again manually
install and once this is all done you can now reboot as the
command pad will be working, but the keyboard will be responding
(16) After restarting you'll be asked to install a driver then you should
reboot again
(17) You're all done, but if you unplug the keyboard for any reason from
the USB port you'll have to start over again from step 1
The keyboard looks fantastic and works great, but only after you go through
this very troublesome installation process which like I said I had to do on
two completely different Windows 2000 computers which of course have a
completely different set of applications, devices, drivers pre-installed.
Windows 2000 Installation Guide
Written by Brakken
July 14th, 2005
After spending nine hours and rebooting over 280 times I've finally
figured out how to get this very sleek looking keyboard running on
both of my Windows 2000 boxes.
(1) Don't use the CD-ROM that came with the device and if you already
tried installing it with the CD-ROM uninstall the applications using
add/remove programs, delete all of the directories and files that the
CD-ROM created then reboot.
(2) Ignore the instructions which came with the device
(3) Obtain the SD_WinNT_4_3_3_1727.exe Keyboard Setup File
(4) Obtain the GamersK.zip Windows XP FIX File
(5) Make sure not to plug in the keyboard yet
(6) Run the SD_WinNT_4_4_4_1727.exe
(7) Plug in the keyboard when promoted
(8) Windows installation driver windows will pop-up
(9) Install all of the drivers manually by unchecking all of the
options such as Windows Update, CD-ROM, etc
(10) Do not reboot when asked to reboot
(11) Now after all of the drivers are installed the program will
still be prompting you to plug in your keyboard so load up
the device manager and find the Gamers Keyboard under "input
devices"
(12) Access the properties to the keyboard and pick "change driver"
then browser to "C:\Program Files\Saitek\Drivers\Inf" then
when it asks to install the driver it finds pick "aternative/other
drivers"
(13) Choose the "Saitek Gamers Keyboard (USB)" (oem25.inf) as the one
it originally installs is not the USB version. It will then ask
you for the "SaiH8000.sys" file which can be located in the
GamersK.zip archive
(14) After you update your driver to the right one the original Saitek
installation program will guide you through a few prompts then
ask if you want to install the programming software.
(15) Next some more drivers will pop-up that you must again manually
install and once this is all done you can now reboot as the
command pad will be working, but the keyboard will be responding
(16) After restarting you'll be asked to install a driver then you should
reboot again
(17) You're all done, but if you unplug the keyboard for any reason from
the USB port you'll have to start over again from step 1
The keyboard looks fantastic and works great, but only after you go through
this very troublesome installation process which like I said I had to do on
two completely different Windows 2000 computers which of course have a
completely different set of applications, devices, drivers pre-installed.