Keyboard Stop PC From Booting Up

[Marks]

After taking my CPU to downstairs for a try using my brother's peripheries
which is working normally, when I hook it back with my own, its won't boot
anymore, it will boot only if I unplug my ps/2 keyboard... but when I took
it back to downstairs again its all fine, can anyone help ?

FYI. System will immediately hang if I plug in the keyboard during booting.

TIA
Mark

 

[Guest]

Hi Marks, if I am understanding you correctly, you took the computer itself
downstairs, and not your keyboard, and connected it to your brothers
hardware, and it worked fine. Then you took your computer back upstairs and
got a keyboard error on bootup. The first thing I would suggest, is to look
very closely at the end of the keyboard cable, the part that you would plug
into the computer. See if any of the small pins are either bent or missing.
If it looks ok, double check that you are infact pluging into the keyboard
port, and not the mouse port. I know, it sounds like well duhh, but you would
be surprised have often I have seen that easy to make, mistake. Ok,
everything looks ok and is plugged in correctly and it still won't boot. I
would try the keyboard from your brothers computer, take it upstairs to your
computer and plug it in. If it boots up ok, you have a bad keyboard. I do not
think you have a bad driver, as it works just fine with your brothers
hardware. If I was not correct about the original senario, please elaborate.
Hope this solves the issue.
Admrl Katz.

 

[Marks]

Thanks for your reply. Ya, Its work if I use my bro keyboard but not mine
anymore... but my keyboard do work fine if I hook up with my brother's
computer, whats the trick ? My keyboard always stop my computer from start
up thou there is green & red light, just won't start.

 

[Guest]

Ok, this is starting to sound like a hardward conflict or driver issue. Try
booting up in safe mode, with your keyboard attached. If it boots, the issue
is almost surely a driver or hardware conflict. Here is a good MS link you
can look at to help you with more troubleshooting.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308041#3 . Hope this fixes the problem.