PC Weirdness
 

Ok, so my keyboard is recognized to get to the BIOS screen, and to do stuff in the BIOS screen.

However, if I'm trying to boot from a floppy or a CD or something, my keyboard is not recognized (I mean, if I'm prompted on startup to boot from a CD by pressing a key, the key press is never registered and I'm stuck).

I've tried another keyboard and the same thing happens. Anyone ever run into this?

How is your keyboard connected, I'm assuming they aren't bluetooth or something?

My normal keyboard is wireless (through a USB hub thing). I thought that might be it, so I tried connecting a keyboard directly to USB and it still didn't work.

I wonder if it's a USB problem. Does your mouse work OK (assuming it's also USB)?

Do you have a ps/2 connector for your keyboard?

The weird thing is that it's recognized at all other times, even to get into BIOS and inside of the BIOS screen... I can try a PS/2 connector though (can't test mouse in the startup screen since it's all text stuff).

Is there an OS installed on the local HD? If so and you just boot up with no CD or floppy startup, does the keyboard work OK in the OS?

I've heard of this happening before, but in all those cases it was a problem within the windows OS (driver/device manager issue).

Yes, I'm posting from that computer right now. Windows XP. The keyboard works in the OS.

I only have a PS/2 converter (from USB to PS/2)... and any keyboard I connect within Windows needs drivers or something I guess, since they aren't being recognized when connected like this.

If a computer gave me this much trouble I would streamroll it, eh.

Is it wrong that I thought this was going to be a politics thread?

Only if you saw I was the last poster.