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keyboard conflicts
Hello,
I'm having a little problem with my computer which I assume is an internet conflict as opposed to hardware. Everything was fine last week, and then my internet got blocked for a few days. After it was working again, I couldn't get my mouse and keyboard working toegther. Both are fine.
I know the keyboard is OK because:
-If I restart my computer, and I press the delete key IT WILL go into the bios
at that point
-I can press F1 at the start up screen which detects if a keyboard is connected or not
-I bought a brand new keyboard which is giving the exact same problems
If the computer loads up when both the keyboard and mouse are connected neither the mouse nor the keyboard will work. If i restart the computer, once I pass the screen which checks to see if the keyboard is present, if I then unplug the keyboard the mouse works perfectly so I know there's no prob with the mouse. But when both are plugged in, neither works when Windows loads.
FYI I have Windows XP on a P3 600 MHz with 256 Megs RAM. My mouse and keyboard are both PS/2's and my motherboard is Asus.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Dan
I'm having a little problem with my computer which I assume is an internet conflict as opposed to hardware. Everything was fine last week, and then my internet got blocked for a few days. After it was working again, I couldn't get my mouse and keyboard working toegther. Both are fine.
I know the keyboard is OK because:
-If I restart my computer, and I press the delete key IT WILL go into the bios
at that point
-I can press F1 at the start up screen which detects if a keyboard is connected or not
-I bought a brand new keyboard which is giving the exact same problems
If the computer loads up when both the keyboard and mouse are connected neither the mouse nor the keyboard will work. If i restart the computer, once I pass the screen which checks to see if the keyboard is present, if I then unplug the keyboard the mouse works perfectly so I know there's no prob with the mouse. But when both are plugged in, neither works when Windows loads.
FYI I have Windows XP on a P3 600 MHz with 256 Megs RAM. My mouse and keyboard are both PS/2's and my motherboard is Asus.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Dan
- thanks for the suggestion man. i tried that twice last night for 2 different dates that supposedly had restore points but the restore didnt go thru for some reason. then i had to sleep so didnt get a chance but will try again tonight and let u know if it works.cheersdan
system restore isnt working. i seem to have lost my restore points. ive run some tests since the last time i posted:
ive bought two brand new keyboards. one was a ps/'2 and more recently i bought a usb one just to test that too. doesnt work. now i did goto device manager and noticed a conflict with the keyboard. the first time i must've uninstalled it but it somehow got installed again. i think i did this a few times and at one point i just erased it. now after this (maybe as a direct result, maybe not) i was able to go into windows with my keyboard physically connected and my mouse would still work. earlier on if the keyboard was even connected the mouse wouldnt wokr. now if they keyboard is connected its not a problem. the keyboard itself wouldnt work bnut the mouse was just fine. HOWever, as soon as i touch any key on the keyboard the mouse would stop working. the computer itself doesnt freeze, the screen saver still comes on and if i put a cd in it'll respond. but these two devices seem to freeze.
now with the usb keyboard, again i know it works because i can go into the bios by pressing delete when i boot up, and can press f7 (or is it f8) to go into safe mode. however once im in windows it wont work. the difference here is pressing a key on this wont freeze the mouse. but the keyboard wont work. if im in windows with the usb keyboard and normal mouse and i disconnect the usb keyboard and then plug in the ps2 keyboard the mouse will instantly freeze (even without touching a button on the ps/2 KB). so....any ideas?
it doesnt work in safe mode either.any ideas?
Denny Denham
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Posted February 3rd, 2006 20:00
Do you have a restore point saved from when the computer was working properly? If so try System Restore to that date.