exdos
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why will keyboard input not detected on cold boot?
Everytime i boot a a xp machine newly purchased, even though the caps lock, scroll lock, num lock keys work, any key i press to send an input to the base unit will not register. I have reboot the pc and then any key strokes are accepted.
It could be a defective keyboard or a defective motherboard. Try another keyboard to see if that makes a difference.
is it a usb or ps/2 keybd? is it using any kind of dongle converter?
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it is a ps/2 keyboard and is plugged directly into the ps2 port
So does a different keyboard give you the same results?
ASKER
yes i have tried another keybaord both usb and ps2, same result!
Can you boot into the BIOS and does it respond normally if you can? If not, I think your motherboard is defective.
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i will try that and feedback
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turned to be a batch of faulty motherbaords
exdos,
Didn't suggest that your motherboard might be defective from the start, and that if the keyboard was not the cause, the motherboard was?
Didn't suggest that your motherboard might be defective from the start, and that if the keyboard was not the cause, the motherboard was?
Maybe the user didn't replace the mobo or the keybd, but returned the whole system & swapped it out. Anyway I don't object if you wish to ask the mods to split 50/50.
I appreciate that, FriarTuk - no need to split; your comment is good enough.
ok, thx.