Keyboard works in BIOS, but not OS setup

farrall · 15 Oct 2011 at 00:02

I have just finished building my PC and everything is working dandy, however when my windows disk asks whether I want to install windows by pressing enter, repair it by pressing r. My keyboard stops working. Has anyone come across this problem before?

farrall · 15 Oct 2011 at 00:22

just tried both of those options, I'm using windows xp sp2 purely so I can buy win 7 upgrade and download it direct

farrall · 15 Oct 2011 at 00:36

well, I plugged my usb keyboard into a PS/2 converter and tried that but it did not work. when it installs the files before you get the install options, it goes through the stage of installing drivers, I'm thinking because its a newer keyboard the drivers xp are trying to install are not compatible?

farrall · 15 Oct 2011 at 00:42

Yes I enabled the USB Legacy Device, but that still not solve the issue.

farrall · 15 Oct 2011 at 00:50

no its a brand new hdd so i'm trying to install xp fresh purely so i can upgrade it.

farrall · 15 Oct 2011 at 00:54

I have the full version of XP, however I want to install it so i can download the upgrade to windows 7

farrall · 15 Oct 2011 at 01:00

Well I could download the windows 7 upgrade on this laptop, but I dont know how i would go about putting it onto my new PC