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KEYBOARD NOT RESPONDING

Asked by metalmickey in Windows XP Operating System

Tags: keyboard, responding, xp

HI All

Im a complete novice when it comes to maintaining PCs so im hoping you can help.

I have 2 PCs (PC A and PC B)

Ive just aquired PC B and since it had a bigger hard drive than PC A i though i'd just swap em over...

On swapping the drives over both PCs failed to get past the splash screen and failed to boot up. So i just swapped the hard drives back over again.

Now when i use PC A i cant play and cds as i cant see the cd or dvd players from the windows explorer.
and
when i use PC B the keyboard doesnt respond. (the mouse is ok).

Since PC As keyboard is working i swapped the keyboards over and tested PC B's keyboard which works ok on PC A.

Thinking that the problem lay somewhere in the OS (possibly a missing or corrupted driver) i the proceeded to boot PC B from the CD and reformat the PC and reinstall Windows XP Pro.

No problems there...went though all the screens tabbing though fields, pressing return at the right parts to reformat the drive (so the keyboard seems ok here sinvce the return button is working...)
Then i get to the WINDOWS XP REGISTRATION page where i have to input the code key but the keyboard still aint working.

can anyone diagnose my problem besides my ineptitude and idiocy?

PS ive borrowed a usb keyboard to try and see if keyboard socket is damaged so i'll tst that tonight.

Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.

MetalMickey



 
Keywords: KEYBOARD NOT RESPONDING
Title
1 System Freezing Randomly
 
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