keyboard and mouse not responding on every other boot

[Gerald Moore]

I just built a system around a Abit NF7-S, AMD 2500+,
512MB RAM, ATI 9800. Everything was working OK. So I
installed my ATI TVWonder card. This card is from another
system that was running XP, where it worked fine.

At the same time, I had to change from the ps/2 keyboard
(no-name) and mouse (microsoft wheel mouse) I used while I
installed XP to a set of Logitech wireless keyboard and
wireless trackball. These are USB, but connected by USB-
to-ps/2 adapter. Then I rebooted. Windows went through
the routine of installing all the drivers for the TVWonder
card off the CD, then asked to reboot.

At this point, neither the mouse or keyboard are working.
So, I hit the reset switch and upon reboot, the devices
work. I fooled around a bit in device manager, and
rebooted. And just like that, the devices do not work.

Every other time I boot or reset, the devices work. Every
other time, they do not. Work, Frozen, Work, Frozen.

Help!
Gerald

 

[Maureen Goldman]

I just built a system around a Abit NF7-S, AMD 2500+,
512MB RAM, ATI 9800. Everything was working OK. So I
installed my ATI TVWonder card. This card is from another
system that was running XP, where it worked fine.

At the same time, I had to change from the ps/2 keyboard
(no-name) and mouse (microsoft wheel mouse) I used while I
installed XP to a set of Logitech wireless keyboard and
wireless trackball. These are USB, but connected by USB-
to-ps/2 adapter. Then I rebooted. Windows went through
the routine of installing all the drivers for the TVWonder
card off the CD, then asked to reboot.

At this point, neither the mouse or keyboard are working.
So, I hit the reset switch and upon reboot, the devices
work. I fooled around a bit in device manager, and
rebooted. And just like that, the devices do not work.

Every other time I boot or reset, the devices work. Every
other time, they do not. Work, Frozen, Work, Frozen.

Gerald, I'm not one of the experts here. Just wondering, though,
whether you change identities when you reboot. That is, if you change
from administrator to user, perhaps the devices are associated with
one but not the other.

 

[Gerald Moore]

Every other time I boot or reset, the devices work. Every
other time, they do not. Work, Frozen, Work, Frozen.

For now, my devices are working again. I stripped my system of any
cards besides VGA, cleared the CMOS, reset the BIOS to optimum
defaults, and reinstalled WinXP. I made sure to use the mouse and
keyboard I intend to use permanently, as the problem surfaced after
switching to them last time. The mouse and keyboard have now made it
through 8 to 10 reboots without a hitch. Time will tell, I suppose.

After the fact, I found another possible solution on the nForcersHQ
site. One guy claims that the problem went away when he switched the
devices to the opposite ports: put the mouse in the keyboard port and
the keyboard in the mouse port. This is for ps/2 devices, obviously.
Didn't try this, as everything is working for the moment.

The general responses fall along the lines: if your ps/2 is giving you
trouble, go to USB, and vice versa. Both types of devices seem to
have similar issues, in about equal numbers. In trying to find
something in common, I have not. All types of devices, from various
manf. seem to be stricken. Most of the problems seem to be reported
for XP, but this may simply be that it is the OS du jour.

Hopefully, one day, it will be sorted out.

Gerald