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From: sweller on 20 Dec 2009 10:16

I'm trying to clean install Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron desktop and
have a bit of a problem.

The keyboard works to change the boot settings in the BIOS (the mouse
lights up too), allows me to "Press key to boot from CD..." the mouse
stays lit whilst Windows setup gets all its drivers loaded then when it
gets to the "Enter to install, R to repair" etc. the keyboard doesn't
work and the mouse laser goes out.

I've checked all usb ports and no joy and there is no PS2 socket, the
keyboard isn't locked (it doesn't even light up).

Obviously I can't install windows unless I can get it recognise the enter
key...

The machine already has Ubuntu and I'm overwriting it so "Install Linux",
"Anglegrinder" and "TIUTA" can all join O:SYFF.

Any ideas?

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From: Brownz (Mobile) on 20 Dec 2009 10:32
sweller wrote:
> I'm trying to clean install Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron desktop and
> have a bit of a problem.
>
> The keyboard works to change the boot settings in the BIOS (the mouse
> lights up too), allows me to "Press key to boot from CD..." the mouse
> stays lit whilst Windows setup gets all its drivers loaded then when
> it gets to the "Enter to install, R to repair" etc. the keyboard
> doesn't work and the mouse laser goes out.
>
> I've checked all usb ports and no joy and there is no PS2 socket, the
> keyboard isn't locked (it doesn't even light up).
>
> Obviously I can't install windows unless I can get it recognise the
> enter key...
>
> The machine already has Ubuntu and I'm overwriting it so "Install
> Linux", "Anglegrinder" and "TIUTA" can all join O:SYFF.
>
> Any ideas?

Is there a bios setting to enable legacy usb ?

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Cheerz - Brownz
'97 VFR750F-V
'07 R55 MCDC


From: sweller on 20 Dec 2009 10:44
Brownz (Mobile) wrote:

> > Any ideas?
>
> Is there a bios setting to enable legacy usb ?

Nothing "legacy" in the BIOS, USB is enabled.

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Simon
From: Brownz (Mobile) on 20 Dec 2009 11:01
sweller wrote:
> Brownz (Mobile) wrote:
>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Is there a bios setting to enable legacy usb ?
>
> Nothing "legacy" in the BIOS, USB is enabled.

Weird.... there's normally a bios switch that allows enumeration of usb in
non legacy os's, might be worth trying a couple of other keyboards, and I've
got a USB -> PS/2 - KEYB converter I can lend you to try out which might
work.

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Cheerz - Brownz
'97 VFR750F-V
'07 R55 MCDC


From: sweller on 20 Dec 2009 11:05
Brownz (Mobile) wrote:

> > Nothing "legacy" in the BIOS, USB is enabled.
>
> Weird.... there's normally a bios switch that allows enumeration of usb
> in non legacy os's, might be worth trying a couple of other keyboards,
> and I've got a USB -> PS/2 - KEYB converter I can lend you to try out
> which might work.

I've got one of those but there's no PS2 input on the Dell box.

Unless you mean it allows a PS2 keyboard to be attached to a USB socket -
the problem is the USB sockets seem to die as the mouse goes out too.

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Simon
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