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red floyd · Guest

I recently replaced my old PS/2 connector keyboard with a MS Comfort
Curve 2000. It's a USB keyboard.

My mobo is an MSI K7t266 Pro2 (6380 v2). I have BIOS rev 3.7. In the
BIOS, I have enabled all USB ports, enabled Legacy devices on USB port
and enabled Port 60/64 emulation.

I can get into the BIOS setup with this setup, but when the Windows 2000
boot menu shows up, it does not recognize the keyboard, and will timeout
to the default boot (Win2K).

I cannot get to either the recovery console or to safe mode.

Has anyone seen this, and do they have a fix/workaround, short of using
a PS/2 keyboard?

If I have to go on the PS/2 port, will a USB->PS2 adapter designed for
mice work with a keyboard?

Thanks

Kyle · Guest

"red floyd" <no.spam@here.dude> wrote in message
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| I recently replaced my old PS/2 connector keyboard with a MS Comfort
| Curve 2000. It's a USB keyboard.
|
| My mobo is an MSI K7t266 Pro2 (6380 v2). I have BIOS rev 3.7. In
the
| BIOS, I have enabled all USB ports, enabled Legacy devices on USB
port
| and enabled Port 60/64 emulation.
|
| I can get into the BIOS setup with this setup, but when the Windows
2000
| boot menu shows up, it does not recognize the keyboard, and will
timeout
| to the default boot (Win2K).
|
| I cannot get to either the recovery console or to safe mode.
|
| Has anyone seen this, and do they have a fix/workaround, short of
using
| a PS/2 keyboard?
|
| If I have to go on the PS/2 port, will a USB->PS2 adapter designed
for
| mice work with a keyboard?
|
| Thanks

Funny, we just discussed this issue recently, a google search should
yield answers. Try all the USB ports on your machine, see if that
makes any difference. Seems legacy support does not always work as
expected if the BIOS is still handling keyboard input. I have one
mobo where some USB ports work and some don't with my USB wireless
keyboard when booting up DOS, for example. The best answer is a PS/2
keyboard resolves all such issues, and yes, it is without doubt that
is not the answer you seek. Also, you can search the MS knowledge
base, there is a good article there on how USB keyboards work during
the various boot phases.

Here's the MS article:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/usbcompat.mspx
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Best regards,
Kyle

red floyd · Guest

Kyle wrote: