Sudden loss of keyboard and mouse

Lawmanxxx · 09-02-2004, 01:50 AM

After running a clean-up utility on my older computer (700mhz Celeron) I rebooted and when Windows opened I had absolutely no use of my keyboard and mouse. The mouse is a Microsoft Optical and the keyboard is a Compaq. The mouse connects to the keyboard through a USB port, then the keyboard to the tower through another USB. I have tried connecting through one of the other USB ports, rebooting several times, and have even tried using a serial port adapter with no results. It simply will not recognize any USB hardware. The computer reboots normally but without any input device I can't start up in Safe Mode or even reformat the hard drive, for that matter.
Can anyone suggest a fix for this problem?

Lorand · 09-02-2004, 01:56 AM

Has your BIOS support for USB keyboard? If yes, then check if it's enabled.
Have you tried another keyboard/mouse on this computer?

Lawmanxxx · 09-02-2004, 02:10 AM

How do I navigate in the BIOS without a keyboard? The only other keyboard that I have access to requires CD driver support to install. It's like having a car that won't start that you have to get to the shop... but you can't because it won't start!
Do you think booting with the start disk would help?

Lorand · 09-02-2004, 02:33 AM

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How do I navigate in the BIOS without a keyboard?

Touché...

But you could reset the BIOS settings to its defaults without a keyboard: using the BIOS-reset jumper or just taking out the CMOS battery...

Lawmanxxx · 09-02-2004, 04:35 AM

Well... In frustration I booted up again and plugged everything in as it was before and it worked. Go figure! The only thing that I did not mention in my original post was that I was cleaning up after installing Windows Service Pack 2. It's possible that there were a few bugs at work!!!
Anyway, Thanx for responding to my post.
-Lawmanxxx

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**Praetor** · 09-02-2004, 03:19 PM

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How do I navigate in the BIOS without a keyboard?

That's not a windows problem but a hardware problem

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Well... In frustration I booted up again and plugged everything in as it was before and it worked. Go figure! The only thing that I did not mention in my original post was that I was cleaning up after installing Windows Service Pack 2. It's possible that there were a few bugs at work!!!

Interesting this is the 2nd hardware problem ive encountered from SP2 .... odd.

Lorand · 09-02-2004, 04:13 PM

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this is the 2nd hardware problem ive encountered from SP2

I think these are rather software problems.

**Praetor** · 09-02-2004, 06:41 PM

Perhaps but they do have hardware repercussions (which is something that should never happen)

Lorand · 09-02-2004, 07:04 PM

It's much easier to write soft for a standard hardware (i.e. Mac) than make a program that runs (almost) exactly the same on different hardwares.
So Microsoft does a hell of a job...
The only problem is that their marketing department have priority over the quality control and sometimes soft is lauched before intensive testing.

Mikelb · 10-05-2004, 09:10 PM

well, I have read this thread, b/c my Wins 98 SE machine has done this... sometimes, just randomly, the mouse and keyboard decide to not work... especially after they've been sitting on for awhile... I even replaced the dang power supply b/c I thought that might be the problem... the power supply was going bad, but didn't solve the problem...

09-02-2004, 01:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lawmanxxx New Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 13	Sudden loss of keyboard and mouse After running a clean-up utility on my older computer (700mhz Celeron) I rebooted and when Windows opened I had absolutely no use of my keyboard and mouse. The mouse is a Microsoft Optical and the keyboard is a Compaq. The mouse connects to the keyboard through a USB port, then the keyboard to the tower through another USB. I have tried connecting through one of the other USB ports, rebooting several times, and have even tried using a serial port adapter with no results. It simply will not recognize any USB hardware. The computer reboots normally but without any input device I can't start up in Safe Mode or even reformat the hard drive, for that matter. Can anyone suggest a fix for this problem? __________________ It's always better to have a hole in your sock, than a sock in your hole

09-02-2004, 02:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Lawmanxxx New Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 13	How do I navigate in the BIOS without a keyboard? The only other keyboard that I have access to requires CD driver support to install. It's like having a car that won't start that you have to get to the shop... but you can't because it won't start! Do you think booting with the start disk would help? __________________ It's always better to have a hole in your sock, than a sock in your hole

09-02-2004, 04:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lawmanxxx New Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 13	Well... In frustration I booted up again and plugged everything in as it was before and it worked. Go figure! The only thing that I did not mention in my original post was that I was cleaning up after installing Windows Service Pack 2. It's possible that there were a few bugs at work!!! Anyway, Thanx for responding to my post. -Lawmanxxx __________________ __________________ It's always better to have a hole in your sock, than a sock in your hole

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09-02-2004, 01:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 42 Posts: 3,042	Has your BIOS support for USB keyboard? If yes, then check if it's enabled. Have you tried another keyboard/mouse on this computer?

09-02-2004, 07:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 42 Posts: 3,042	It's much easier to write soft for a standard hardware (i.e. Mac) than make a program that runs (almost) exactly the same on different hardwares. So Microsoft does a hell of a job... The only problem is that their marketing department have priority over the quality control and sometimes soft is lauched before intensive testing.

10-05-2004, 09:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mikelb Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 25	well, I have read this thread, b/c my Wins 98 SE machine has done this... sometimes, just randomly, the mouse and keyboard decide to not work... especially after they've been sitting on for awhile... I even replaced the dang power supply b/c I thought that might be the problem... the power supply was going bad, but didn't solve the problem...