{"id":982,"date":"2026-01-27T20:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?p=982"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:19:42","slug":"surface-book-keyboard-unknown-usb-device-device-descriptor-request-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?p=982","title":{"rendered":"Surface Book Keyboard: unknown USB device (device descriptor request failed)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Error<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unknown USB device (device descriptor request failed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>Bluetooth &amp; devices > Devices<\/strong> in the <strong>Settings<\/strong> interface, under the Input section, the device with the keyboard icon says, \u201cunknown USB device (device descriptor request failed)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expand the panel for the keyboard device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Remove this device<\/strong> link. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The operating system will try to reinstall the device with the proper driver. Warning: This may take up to a minute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Error Unknown USB device (device descriptor request failed). Description In Bluetooth &amp; devices > Devices in the Settings interface, under the Input section, the device with the keyboard icon says, \u201cunknown USB device (device descriptor request failed)\u201d. Solution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,38],"tags":[34],"class_list":{"0":"post-982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-system-administration","7":"category-troubleshooting","8":"tag-microsoft-windows"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peQefU-fQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}