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ppalughi3

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directional keys wont work at boot
« on: October 13, 2006, 09:40:46 PM »
Hi,

I'll be as informative and as brief as possible.
System: nVidia NF4UL-A9 biostar mb, AMD Venice 3500, kingston  hyper-x 1GB,Seagate barracuda 7200.10 320 GB, 500w Nexus PSU, Microsoft natural ergonomic kb 4000 windowsw XPprofessional service pak2.

Up and down keys wont work at boot so I cant choose different OS. I am in set up mode and cant get out. I press F3 and comp restart but Icant use dir. keys to highlight winXP or linux.

Pls help?

Do you need more info?

Fed

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    Re: directional keys wont work at boot
    « Reply #1 on: October 13, 2006, 10:38:45 PM »
    Use a PS2 keyboard or a USB-->PS2 adaptor.

    ppalughi3

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    Re: directional keys wont work at boot
    « Reply #2 on: October 13, 2006, 10:56:42 PM »
    Tried PS2- did not work

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      Re: directional keys wont work at boot
      « Reply #3 on: October 13, 2006, 10:59:03 PM »
      Did you plug the PS2 keyboard into the correct PS2 port, there are 2, the right one & the wrong one.

      ppalughi3

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      Re: directional keys wont work at boot
      « Reply #4 on: October 13, 2006, 11:36:20 PM »
      Yes. I know there are two, one for the mouse and one for keyboard. aquq is mouse grey is keyboard

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        Re: directional keys wont work at boot
        « Reply #5 on: October 13, 2006, 11:51:15 PM »
        I'm not sure about aquq & grey, the 2 computers I'm looking at here are both
        green for mouse & purple for keyboard.
        I guess it makes no difference if you're sure which is which.
        « Last Edit: October 14, 2006, 02:31:06 AM by Fed »

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        Re: directional keys wont work at boot
        « Reply #6 on: October 14, 2006, 12:12:24 AM »
        that's all you got

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          Re: directional keys wont work at boot
          « Reply #7 on: October 14, 2006, 12:53:44 AM »
          Have you enabled the usb mouse & keyboard support in bios, the default is 'disabled'.

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            Re: directional keys wont work at boot
            « Reply #8 on: October 14, 2006, 12:57:23 AM »
            I'm reading your motherboard manual now...
            Grey & aquq is incorrect, try green & purple.
            Do you have the manual? Have you read it?

            GX1_Man

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            Re: directional keys wont work at boot
            « Reply #9 on: October 14, 2006, 01:51:29 PM »
            What is going on this week?  ::)

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              Re: directional keys wont work at boot
              « Reply #10 on: October 14, 2006, 02:07:30 PM »
              That's all you got?
               >:(

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              Re: directional keys wont work at boot
              « Reply #11 on: October 14, 2006, 02:11:10 PM »
              Haha.

              Run the kill!

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              Re: directional keys wont work at boot
              « Reply #12 on: October 14, 2006, 09:34:48 PM »
              Turn the light off...
              " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "