Where'd the keyboard go ?

[javman01]

XP Home SP2.
A friend asked me to look at his computer, because he was having
keyboard problems, it wasn't working. Sure enough, the keyboard does
not work. Different keyboards don't either.

>From what my friend says, I believe a USB keyboard will work only
after bootup. This is a problem, because in order to upgrade or re-
install the OS, you get that blue screen that say's[after auto-reboot]
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Welcome to Setup
* To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER
* To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press
R
* To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3
==> ENTER
+++++++++++++++++++++++

No keyboard here = stuck !

---- MORE INFO ----
My Computer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager :
--> No "Keyboards" section

Contro Panel->Keyboards->Hardware tab :
--> No Devices listed, just an empty box

--> MS Registry entries look good.
--> Correct sys/inf files are in correct directories

Could this be the Motherboard somehow not seeing the standard onboard
connector in back ?

Any help appreciated. -Jim

[Brian Cryer]

"javman01" <amx...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1176482117.8...@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...

> XP Home SP2.
> A friend asked me to look at his computer, because he was having
> keyboard problems, it wasn't working. Sure enough, the keyboard does
> not work. Different keyboards don't either.
>
>>From what my friend says, I believe a USB keyboard will work only
> after bootup. This is a problem, because in order to upgrade or re-
> install the OS, you get that blue screen that say's[after auto-reboot]
> +++++++++++++++++++++++
> Welcome to Setup
> * To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER
> * To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press
> R
> * To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3
> ==> ENTER
> +++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> No keyboard here = stuck !

<snip>

I had a similar problem on a previous PC. It turned out that in the BIOS
there was an option to allow you to use a USB keyboard. Don't recall what
the option was called (sorry), but there may well be an option there (no
guarantee, but its worth a look). Of course I had to plug in a ps2 keyboard
to get to the bios in the first place to set the option ... so at the very
least you'll need to borrow a ps2 keyboard.
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian