Keyboard not being recognized when booting from floppy/CD

MVPillman · 09-01-08, 05:10 PM

My keyboard is recognized to get to the BIOS screen, and to do stuff in the BIOS screen. It also works once booted into Windows XP.

However, if I'm trying to boot from a floppy or a CD, my keyboard is not recognized (i.e. if I'm prompted on startup to boot from a CD by pressing a key, the key press is never registered and I'm stuck).

I use a wireless keyboard/mouse, but tried unplugging them and using another USB keyboard, but the same thing happens. Anyone ever run into this?

redduc900 · 09-01-08, 11:43 PM

Either enable the "USB Legacy Support" option in the BIOS, or use a USB--> PS2 adapter and plug your keyboard's wireless receiver into a PS2 port... same goes for your mouse.

curtis1552 · 09-02-08, 02:39 AM

ANother thing could be if the XP hasn't had updated USB drivers installed yet. Some versions of XP had problems with USB being recognized.

MVPillman · 09-03-08, 08:40 AM

The PS/2 thing didn't work, but I went into the BIOS looking for that USB Legacy Support option... I ended up finding an option I didn't notice before, called something like "Enable USB Keyboard"...

That did the trick. Now to remember how to set up a connection to my network. hah.

09-01-08, 05:10 PM	Thread Starter #1
MVPillman Registered Join Date: Oct 2001	Keyboard not being recognized when booting from floppy/CD My keyboard is recognized to get to the BIOS screen, and to do stuff in the BIOS screen. It also works once booted into Windows XP. However, if I'm trying to boot from a floppy or a CD, my keyboard is not recognized (i.e. if I'm prompted on startup to boot from a CD by pressing a key, the key press is never registered and I'm stuck). I use a wireless keyboard/mouse, but tried unplugging them and using another USB keyboard, but the same thing happens. Anyone ever run into this?
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09-01-08, 11:43 PM	#2
redduc900 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: WCG@home in Portland	Either enable the "USB Legacy Support" option in the BIOS, or use a USB--> PS2 adapter and plug your keyboard's wireless receiver into a PS2 port... same goes for your mouse. __________________ "Taking Your Posting to the Next Level" "Unofficial Posting Guidelines" "Forum FAQs, Guidelines, and Rules" "Signatures: Content, Size and readability"
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09-02-08, 02:39 AM	#3
curtis1552 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio	ANother thing could be if the XP hasn't had updated USB drivers installed yet. Some versions of XP had problems with USB being recognized. __________________ Desk Puter - Foxconn C51GU01; AMD X2 3800+ - Dual 2.0Ghz; 1.5gb RAM; Nvidia 6600GT pcie; Win 7 64 bit / Mint 9 NetBook - Acer Aspire One D250: 160Gb HDD: Win 7 / Backtrack 4 / Mint Debian / MeeGo Server Puter - Supermicro X5DAE; Dual Processor - E7505 XEON - Dual 2.66Ghz; 2gb RAM: Nvidia 6600GT agp; Win 7 32 bit / Mint 9. HEAT Restarting a computer is not how you fix a problem... I suffer from Fenestraephobia I don't think being turned on while turning it on is too high on the creepy list - freakdiablo
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09-03-08, 08:40 AM	Thread Starter #4
MVPillman Registered Join Date: Oct 2001	The PS/2 thing didn't work, but I went into the BIOS looking for that USB Legacy Support option... I ended up finding an option I didn't notice before, called something like "Enable USB Keyboard"... That did the trick. Now to remember how to set up a connection to my network. hah.
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