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Okay, thanks dburnton, my gut is screaming bad mother board as well but I'll dig in a bit more using your suggestions.<br />
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Thanks,
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Okay, thanks dburnton, my gut is screaming bad mother board as well but I'll dig in a bit more using your suggestions.

Thanks,

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I have a Dell desktop 960 running Windows 7 OS where the Keyboard and mouse will not respond even at post. The mouse does show power. I plugged a known good keyboard in and tried different usb ports but no luck.<br />
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Any and all suggestions or comments are welcome.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
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Brian
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I have a Dell desktop 960 running Windows 7 OS where the Keyboard and mouse will not respond even at post. The mouse does show power. I plugged a known good keyboard in and tried different usb ports but no luck.

Any and all suggestions or comments are welcome.

Thank you,

Brian

Dell Optiplex 960 running windows 7, mouse and keyborad not responding

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