Noel
Sat Dec 25 08:44:26 CST 2004
I could wish no better sentiments!
Good Luck!
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!
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"ed 2" <ed 2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B2F082A7-3D91-45F3-953A-C2F256E72BCD@microsoft.com...
> Noel,
> tried with another ps2 kb, and still no response. so guess the connector
> (or
> mb) may be on the way out of the window. many thanks for your help. "May
> the
> coming year be a better one for all of us than the one just about to pass"
>
> "Noel Paton" wrote:
>
>> Ed
>> That looks very much like a dead keyboard, or a motherboard problem -
>> more
>> likely the latter :(
>>
>> Try another keyboard and see if it behaves the same, if so then that
>> would
>> confirm the motherboard is at fault.
>> In which case, it's time to take a trip to the store, and get a techie to
>> look at it.
>>
>> --
>> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>>
>> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>>
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>>
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>> A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!
>>
>> Please read
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
>>
>> "ed 2" <ed 2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DF957AF7-4631-46FD-A431-0B58674EB2E7@microsoft.com...
>> > Noel,
>> >
>> > sorry mean to say using the ps2 keyboard. (too much beer, I suppose)
>> > I do not seems to be able to get to 'safe mode' by pressing F8.
>> > When I on the power, the screen will say, Press F1 to enter dual BIOS
>> > utility, Press 'ESC' to quite. Any key to 'continue'
>> >
>> > Also when I on the power, there is no loht on the kb, which you would
>> > normally expect. *kb was was before the scan etc)
>> >
>> > In any case, on the Normal boot up, in DM, i remove the kb and reboot
>> > but
>> > still get the same result, that is there is no light on the kb and no
>> > response. (In DM, there
>> > are no error-fkagged devices/'OTHER' devices.
>> >
>> > [When I go to msconfig and activate the 'safe-mode', it start on
>> > 'safe-mode'
>> > but I still cannot use the kb. It will not response to the selection I
>> > need
>> > to make, so I have to deactivate it]
>> >
>> > Please assist btw 'Merry Christmas' , thanks
>> >
>> > "Noel Paton" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Reboot to Safe Mode
>> >> Open Device Manager
>> >> Remove ALL Mouse devices
>> >> Remove ALL error-flagged devices
>> >> Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
>> >> Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers,
>> >> hopefully curing your problem.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>> >>
>> >> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>> >>
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>> >>
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>> >> A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!
>> >>
>> >> Please read
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
>> >> NG's
>> >>
>> >> "ed 2" <ed 2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:A7620187-3B09-4125-A290-639EC96915E7@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Before I do scan disk and(now having errors from the scan disk
>> >> > error),
>> >> > now
>> >> > my
>> >> > ps2 mouse does not response. However if I used the USB mouse, the pc
>> >> > does
>> >> > detect it and can response. Question is how can I make use of the
>> >> > ps2
>> >> > mouse
>> >> > instead, many thanks
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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