Derek,
I'll check that out.  I guess I can access the hard drives via remote desktop since the keyboards lock up once booted.  Thanks.
Paul 

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From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Derek Buchanan
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Dell

Paul,
    There was an issue with the GX280's having a USB connect problem and they rectified it with a bios update A08.  I would also make sure that the bios on the GX270's are up to last issued update of A07.  I would see if that rectifies the problems before you have to go windows troubleshooting.

Derek


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Hachmeyer, Mr. Paul S. < [log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have 2 slightly aged Dell pc's that seem to boot up ok, but the usb 
> mouse and usb keyboard stop working after a couple of keystrokes on 
> the keyboard.
> I've tried different keyboards and mouse, same result.  Pulled and 
> reinserted the internal cards and memory, all of the usb ports have 
> the same issue.
> Both pc's are win xp with sp3, Optiplex GX270 and Optiplex GX280.
> Paul Hachmeyer

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