Help Im having trouble

[jmahoney]

Just bought a new motherboard and cpu.

I am running for now xp pro on 1 harding and home on the other.

These have only just been installed and work fine.

However when I boot up I am unable to do anything for example I cannot press delete to eneter the Bios as the computer does not read me doing this.
I also cannot select which Op system I wish to run,

Help

 

[Oxbow]

Are you using a USB keyboard?

It might be that the BIOS is not set to detect I/O to USB devices until the OS kicks in.

Quite odd nowadays though.

I suggest plugging an old PS2 style keyboard in at the back of the MOBO and seeing if you can then use 'DEL' to enter the BIOS.

Regarding the dual boot scenario, you will probably need to set this with Windows itself. I would imagine it might also depend on how you have your drives set up (if they are on Cable Select, Primary, Slave modes, etc).

HTH

 

[jmahoney]

yes USB to be honest thats what I was thinking thanks for your help.