Keyboard problem when entering password in Settings

[llmeyer1000]

Kyall,

Can you run anything at all in windows?

I can see your little green online light. You are on line right now.
Please answer!

It's you and me only right now, Please answer!


Can you run a program in windows?

yes the keyboard is fine yet i cannot type anything into the password box,
and i can use the keyboard for anything other than CMOS password

What's the deal, I was online along with you for at least 10 minutes there.
You & I were looking at the same topic. It looks like you dropped off the grid about 3:35AM, 10 minutes after I put up the first half of this post.

You should have refreshed the page and answered before you went offline.

needs an operating system.

What is the deal with the OP system?
Not running at all?
Running bad?
Running, but not windows(set up for some machine at work?)
There simply has to be something there for you to know that:

yes the keyboard is fine yet i cannot type anything into the password box,
and i can use the keyboard for anything other than CMOS password

Dias (and I) suspect that the keyboard is just fine, even in the bios. We suspect that the charactors being typed as the password are simply hidden from you as you type them, so the only key that you get a response out of is the enter key.

Do you mean when you type the letters of the password in CMOS you don't see them on the screen? Not stars either? But when you press Enter something happens? Like it says wrong password?  Because that's normal.

You stated that you have the password. Either the password given you is wrong, or you are mistyping it. (possibly because you can't see anything you get flustered. )

This may be a long shot, but do it anyway. Try the password again. But be extremely careful this time. Make sure that caps lock is off. Forget the fact that you can't see anything on the screen. Just type the charactors, slowly and carefully.
If that doesn't work, try uppercase. Type slowly and carefully.

And HOPE that you screwed up before, because you couldn't see what you were typing!


If that doesn't work, your best bet is still killcmos, if you can find a way to run it.


You must give us more information! (for the umpteenth time)

1. What Brand & Model is the laptop?
2. What is the appx. age of the laptop?
3. What is the deal with the OP system?
4. Windows? What version?
5. If Windows, do you have the Administrator's password?
    (maybe that's what you have, and not the bios password.)
6. Not Windows? Then What?
7. Can you run a program from the USB drive?
8. Does it have a floppy drive? (long shot)(if so try to boot from the floppy.)
9. Can you easily remove the hard drive?

Please answer those 9 questions. There may be a very easy solution to your dilemma, but we are still only guessing without that information.
We know you have a long day in school, but get back ASAP.

[Kyall]

1. What Brand & Model is the laptop?
    Compact evo n1000v
2. What is the appx. age of the laptop?
   
3. What is the deal with the OP system?
     There is none, the laptop was formatted when it was given to me, even though the cd drive is broken.
4. Windows? What version?
     Was running XP Pro
5. If Windows, do you have the Administrator's password?
    (maybe that's what you have, and not the bios password.)
    Fair point, will contact the original owner of the laptop to see if its the Admin password or Bios
6. Not Windows? Then What?
    Nothing
7. Can you run a program from the USB drive?
    With OS, yes but without, not too sure, was going to Bios to boot from my flashdisk
8. Does it have a floppy drive? (long shot)(if so try to boot from the floppy.)
    Yes. i could try running a boot disk from it??? or not
9. Can you easily remove the hard drive?
    Yes

[Kyall]

Dias (and I) suspect that the keyboard is just fine, even in the bios. We suspect that the charactors being typed as the password are simply hidden from you as you type them, so the only key that you get a response out of is the enter key.

That did it, in cmos, thanks. sorry about the long replys, will tell you how i get on with the OS.
 

[Dias de verano]

Does that mean I was right?

[llmeyer1000]

Sure looks like it to me! 

It's too bad that Kyall didn't explain things better in the first place. If he had done so, this thread would have been a whole lot shorter. The whole thread is full of "reading between the lines" as to what was wrong.

Even the solution was a result of that. 

If we are "reading between the lines", it occurs to me that the OP may be expecting to see some characters (or maybe just asterisks) to appear when he types in a BIOS password, which is not always the case (You don't see anything on the Dell Optiplex I use at work)

Good Job Dias!

Next time Kyall, PLEASE take the time to explain things better!