PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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Name: []
Date: June 17, 2002 at 06:48:39 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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My PS/2 keyboard doesn't work in beos while it works fine in windows. I upgraded the BIOS of my ABIT motherboard, but that did not solve the problem. I need to get my keybaord working, so I can install my videocard. Can anyone help? thanks.

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Response Number 1

Name: jefro
Date: June 17, 2002 at 12:08:12 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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This is my only idea, search osnews, begroovy and computing.net for ideas. I saw that same thing a long time ago. Dunno if the user ever got it fixed.
When you boot up from a floppy to beos press the spacebar at "loading...." and see if you can get to a safemode option. Choose safe modes and try again. If the keyboard doesn't work at boot then I almost don't see how you would be able to get it to work in windows. Do you have another keyboard you could try?

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Response Number 2

Name: Cliff
Date: June 18, 2002 at 16:32:55 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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I had a similar problem on my father's computer with Personal Edition. The keyboard would work fine in Windows, and (strangely enough) for the very first time after the installation of BeOS Personal Edition was complete the keyboard would work. Reboot (from the floppy or the icon in Windows) and it (the keyboard) would not do anything at all. We changed keymapping, turned off PnP OS in the BIOS, changed keyboards, and then decided there was a compatability issue with the fully intigrated (video, modem, LAN, sound) PC Chips motherboard and gave up with Be on that machine. Because of that, we went ahead and bought him all new hardware to build him a new compatable computer. Sorry I couldn't be of any more help than to offer the advise of new hardware (it worked for us).

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Response Number 3

Name: []
Date: June 19, 2002 at 00:33:09 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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What about driver's? Will beos recognize my keyboard if I install the correct driver? (I keep trying to install my videocard driver but that fails time after time. May be I can install the driver on a pc whit a working keyboard, and then copy the whole system back. This procedure worked for the UDMA 66 driver.).

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Response Number 4

Name: jefro
Date: June 19, 2002 at 08:59:24 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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I never saw other keyboard drivers.Except country
type.
Can you use the keyboard in safe mode?????

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Response Number 5

Name: []
Date: June 20, 2002 at 02:03:48 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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I meant driver's for other hardware, to make my computer compatible. The keybaord doesn't work in safemode but works in windows (i'm typing this whit that keyboard).

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Response Number 6

Name: jefro
Date: June 20, 2002 at 13:45:59 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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Check other forums I guess. If you can't get your keyboard to work in safe mode start up I just don't know how to get a different driver to work easily. (you could make a CD on a different machine and bring it back)
Check Betips.net or Begroovy.com?
Are you booting from a floppy disk to beos?
Did you turn off Plug and Play in bios?
Does the mouse work to see in the devices a conflict?

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Response Number 7

Name: jefro
Date: June 20, 2002 at 14:34:45 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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check here
http://www.betips.net/chunga.php?ID=417
http://www.betips.net/chunga.php?ID=506

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Response Number 8

Name: DVSone
Date: July 31, 2002 at 08:38:53 Pacific
Subject: PS/2 keyboard doesn't work

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im having trouble with my keyboard it works fine in my bios mode but it wont type in word or notepad.. is there some sort of lock on it or is it just trippin...

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