Keyboard Locks Up Computer?

If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't believe it. I moved a Dell
Dimension computer to another room to replace an Emachine that quit
working. For convenience, I hooked up the old Emachine keyboard to the
Dell. When I fired up the Dell, the computer beeped a few times but
nothing would appear on the monitor. After a few hours of trying
different combinations of hardware and electrical outlets, I noticed the
system would work with no keyboard or with the original Dell keyboard.
It just wouldn't work with the Emachines keyboard.

Can anyone explain how a keyboard to stop a computer or monitor from
working?

Thanks,

Vince

"Vince DiChiacchio" <vdichiac@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:472dnVHmBuTIbYrVnZ2dnUVZ_saknZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
> If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't believe it. I moved a Dell Dimension
> computer to another room to replace an Emachine that quit working. For
> convenience, I hooked up the old Emachine keyboard to the Dell. When I
> fired up the Dell, the computer beeped a few times but nothing would
> appear on the monitor. After a few hours of trying different combinations
> of hardware and electrical outlets, I noticed the system would work with
> no keyboard or with the original Dell keyboard. It just wouldn't work with
> the Emachines keyboard.
>
> Can anyone explain how a keyboard to stop a computer or monitor from
> working?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vince
A keyboard can load down or short the +5 volt power supply from the PC,
short the clock signal going from the PC to the keyboard,
or cause what appears to the computer as constant inbound data (similar to a
stuck key).

On Apr 30, 5:04 am, Vince DiChiacchio <vdich...@comcast.net> wrote:
> If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't believe it. I moved a Dell
> Dimension computer to another room to replace an Emachine that quit
> working. For convenience, I hooked up the old Emachine keyboard to the
> Dell. When I fired up the Dell, the computer beeped a few times but
> nothing would appear on the monitor. After a few hours of trying
> different combinations of hardware and electrical outlets, I noticed the
> system would work with no keyboard or with the original Dell keyboard.
> It just wouldn't work with the Emachines keyboard.
>
> Can anyone explain how a keyboard to stop a computer or monitor from
> working?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vince

Is the Emachine K'board USB?

"Vince DiChiacchio" <vdichiac@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:472dnVHmBuTIbYrVnZ2dnUVZ_saknZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
> If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't believe it. I moved a Dell Dimension
> computer to another room to replace an Emachine that quit working. For
> convenience, I hooked up the old Emachine keyboard to the Dell. When I
> fired up the Dell, the computer beeped a few times but nothing would
> appear on the monitor. After a few hours of trying different combinations
> of hardware and electrical outlets, I noticed the system would work with
> no keyboard or with the original Dell keyboard. It just wouldn't work with
> the Emachines keyboard.
>
> Can anyone explain how a keyboard to stop a computer or monitor from
> working?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vince

Deja vue; but where are all those posters who couldn't
believe I had a keyboard preventing a computer from
starting up?

Dell and Emachines, what do you have against buying or
building a real PC? Who knows what proprietary hardware
interface is involved, with such machines?

I wonder if a new Emachine keyboard, would get that
Emachine "that quit working" - going again?

I never found the actual mechanism of my keyboard
induced failure to start, and I only saw it for the one case,
but it is possible.

Luck;
Ken

sandy58 wrote:
> On Apr 30, 5:04 am, Vince DiChiacchio <vdich...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't believe it. I moved a Dell
>> Dimension computer to another room to replace an Emachine that quit
>> working. For convenience, I hooked up the old Emachine keyboard to the
>> Dell. When I fired up the Dell, the computer beeped a few times but
>> nothing would appear on the monitor. After a few hours of trying
>> different combinations of hardware and electrical outlets, I noticed the
>> system would work with no keyboard or with the original Dell keyboard.
>> It just wouldn't work with the Emachines keyboard.
>>
>> Can anyone explain how a keyboard to stop a computer or monitor from
>> working?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Vince
>
> Is the Emachine K'board USB?

No, it was PS2.

Ken Maltby wrote:
> "Vince DiChiacchio" <vdichiac@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:472dnVHmBuTIbYrVnZ2dnUVZ_saknZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't believe it. I moved a Dell Dimension
>> computer to another room to replace an Emachine that quit working. For
>> convenience, I hooked up the old Emachine keyboard to the Dell. When I
>> fired up the Dell, the computer beeped a few times but nothing would
>> appear on the monitor. After a few hours of trying different combinations
>> of hardware and electrical outlets, I noticed the system would work with
>> no keyboard or with the original Dell keyboard. It just wouldn't work with
>> the Emachines keyboard.
>>
>> Can anyone explain how a keyboard to stop a computer or monitor from
>> working?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Vince
>
> Deja vue; but where are all those posters who couldn't
> believe I had a keyboard preventing a computer from
> starting up?
>
> Dell and Emachines, what do you have against buying or
> building a real PC? Who knows what proprietary hardware
> interface is involved, with such machines?
>
> I wonder if a new Emachine keyboard, would get that
> Emachine "that quit working" - going again?
>
> I never found the actual mechanism of my keyboard
> induced failure to start, and I only saw it for the one case,
> but it is possible.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
>
>
Yes, I probably threw out a perfectly good Emachines because of a
malfunctioning keyboard.

What do I have against buying or building a real PC? What do you
consider a real PC?

And as for building one, I don't trust myself. After all, look at what
I did to one that had a bad keyboard, lol.

Vince