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| Thread ID: 63244 | 2005-11-02 22:04:00 | Keyboard not detected | taly (5956) | Press F1 |
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| 401456 | 2005-11-02 22:04:00 | Hi there! I have changed keyboards when PC was on and after that it stopped responding. On control panel Keyboard, Keyboard properties-Hardware, there is no Device name. Happened before, but after restart was ok. Other keyoard also don't work. Without keyboard can't get to Bios or Safe start. May be keyboard control chip goner and need new MBD? Any ideas? Thanks in advance |
taly (5956) | ||
| 401457 | 2005-11-02 22:35:00 | But after a restart it was OK? So if you reboot now all is well? I always change hardware over with comp turned off. And then allow it to go through 'detecting new hardware' on boot up. HTH but I am a bit puzzled as to whether or not your keyboards work now. |
mark c (247) | ||
| 401458 | 2005-11-02 22:40:00 | I have another computer, luckily. The one that don't work is old and MOBO is EPox. OS is WinXP home | taly (5956) | ||
| 401459 | 2005-11-02 22:51:00 | Have you tried starting from cold with another keyboard plugged in? In my experience you can just plug any keyboard into any comp (discounting wireless et al) and seems probelm free. I've swapped keyboards around all sorts of machines and never had any problems. | mark c (247) | ||
| 401460 | 2005-11-02 23:03:00 | Tried with another keyboard, but no luck | taly (5956) | ||
| 401461 | 2005-11-02 23:06:00 | Hmmm. OK. Got me stumped. No keyboard. Can't update the mobo driver? | mark c (247) | ||
| 401462 | 2005-11-02 23:15:00 | ps2 or usb Check the plugs, make sure they are seated properly. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 401463 | 2005-11-02 23:15:00 | Hot swapping PS/2 keyboards and mice can result in controller failure, which I think you have discovered. There is no feasible repair. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 401464 | 2005-11-02 23:29:00 | Hot swapping PS/2 keyboards and mice can result in controller failure, which I think you have discovered. There is no feasible repair. That's a worry. I was thinking get an updated driver with the working comp and put it on a floppy and upload it with just the mouse. (Intersting to see a confirmation of my feeling against 'hot-swapping'.) |
mark c (247) | ||
| 401465 | 2005-11-03 00:25:00 | But I've never had any permanent failure of keyboard ports. And I'm rough. :D What I have (too often ;)) experienced is PS/2 keyboards which don't work because they are plugged into the mouse PS/2 port. They are not interchangeable. (Some laptops have a way to make a keyboard+mouse work in one PS/2 connector, but that';s a non-standard fiddle) |
Graham L (2) | ||
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