keyboard problem

hi. my ps/2 keyboard is not working right. When I press "S" key it will show
"I", some numeric keypads also dows not show any value. I have tried chaning
the keyboard to US-International but still the error exist. I am using
Windows XP Pro with SP2. thanks in advance.

Malke
Thu May 29 04:35:18 PDT 2008

Syn Villareal wrote:

> hi. my ps/2 keyboard is not working right. When I press "S" key it will
> show
> "I", some numeric keypads also dows not show any value. I have tried
> chaning the keyboard to US-International but still the error exist. I am
> using Windows XP Pro with SP2. thanks in advance.

Try a different keyboard. Make sure you turn the computer off before you
unplug/plug in a ps/2 device.

Malke
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SynVillareal
Fri May 30 01:05:02 PDT 2008

Still the same. I tried a 2 different ps/2 keyboards which works on a
different winxp pro sp2 machine. One is a P3 1GHz and is a P3 800MHz. The
PC that experiencing a problematic keyboard has gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (rev.
2.0) motherboard with f7 version bios (latest non-beta bios), intel e8200,
2GB ddr2 800 ram. all pc are not connected to the internet. thanks

"Malke" wrote:

> Syn Villareal wrote:
>
> > hi. my ps/2 keyboard is not working right. When I press "S" key it will
> > show
> > "I", some numeric keypads also dows not show any value. I have tried
> > chaning the keyboard to US-International but still the error exist. I am
> > using Windows XP Pro with SP2. thanks in advance.
>
> Try a different keyboard. Make sure you turn the computer off before you
> unplug/plug in a ps/2 device.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

Malke
Fri May 30 05:11:52 PDT 2008

Syn Villareal wrote:

> Still the same. I tried a 2 different ps/2 keyboards which works on a
> different winxp pro sp2 machine. One is a P3 1GHz and is a P3 800MHz.
> The PC that experiencing a problematic keyboard has gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
> (rev. 2.0) motherboard with f7 version bios (latest non-beta bios), intel
> e8200,
> 2GB ddr2 800 ram. all pc are not connected to the internet. thanks

1. Software -
a) Got any hotkey software running? Check.
b) Have your regional settings correct? Check in Control Panel.
c) Do clean-boot troubleshooting to see if something you have running is
causing this.

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

2. Hardware - Perhaps your ps/2 port is flaky. Try a USB keyboard and test.
If you experience the same issue, then you know it's caused by software.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!