Re: Keyboard issue?



On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:29:28 -0500, "William" <alone@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>8400 system with Win XP SP2 HE 1+ year old IGB RAM and ATI X700 pro pci
>express video card
>
>Been having a strange occurrence recently with key board becoming inactive,
>and not sure if its hardware or software related. Keyboard is the original
>dell ps/2.
>
>The keyboard would suddenly not accept typing. The num light and other
>lights work so it has juice. Typing just stops, dead!
>
>I have to reboot to get it going, but recently I notice in the reboot a
>message flashes very fast then the reboot stops. I have to power off and on
>a couple times to get to the Windows startup. I wish I could see what the
>message says in full. I know it starts with the BIOS version but maybe
>something else after that. I am scared this thing will not boot one day.
>
>So if anyone can offer a tip where to start diagnosing this problem I would
>appreciate it...
>

Take your video cam-corder and record the screen as it boots. Then
play it back in slow motion/freeze frame to see all the messages.
.



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