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No keyboard recognition during boot. Is my mobo done?
The LandoStander
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A few weeks back my computer crapped itself after a friend managed to strike some sort of virus jack pot that overwhelmed my copy of Avast! and caused my PC to become stuck in essentially an endless boot cycle. I've since recovered my files and re-formatted the drive.
The problem is that it no longer detects input from the keyboard before an OS loads. I can access the BIOS and since Ubuntu is quite happy to install itself without any need for keyboard inputs I can get Ubuntu running, but I'd prefer to have XP back on it. I'm not savvy with Ubuntu so using it to run my XP CD has been an exercise in frustration. But when I just try to boot from the XP CD, it doesn't detect my button presses when it asks me to press any key to start up from the CD. I've tried every USB port on the PC and even found a PS2 converter and that doesn't work either.
Any ideas for a fix or is it just time to scrap the motherboard and start anew? I suspect it's a motherboard issue at least. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
The problem is that it no longer detects input from the keyboard before an OS loads. I can access the BIOS and since Ubuntu is quite happy to install itself without any need for keyboard inputs I can get Ubuntu running, but I'd prefer to have XP back on it. I'm not savvy with Ubuntu so using it to run my XP CD has been an exercise in frustration. But when I just try to boot from the XP CD, it doesn't detect my button presses when it asks me to press any key to start up from the CD. I've tried every USB port on the PC and even found a PS2 converter and that doesn't work either.
Any ideas for a fix or is it just time to scrap the motherboard and start anew? I suspect it's a motherboard issue at least. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
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