I have a Dell Vostro 400 mini tower with Vista OS. A few problems going on; first computer will not post. The Dell start up screen comes up but will not hand off to Windows OS. Problem number two; I can't use the keyboard to get into BIOS because the USB keyboard doesn't work in any of the USB drives on the computer; i.e. the green light doesn't come on. I did plug the keyboard into my laptop and the green light came on, so I am thinking it isn't a problem with my keyboard.
I have plugged and unplugged the keyboard, trying to restart computer without devises plugged in as well as having devises plugged in on other reboots. I have tried plugging keyboard in to other USB drives; tried both on the back panel of the computer and in the four drives on the front of the computer without any success.