You need to go into your BIOS during the boot (press Delete key or F1 during the POST screen, or whatever key your machine requires). You can set most BIOS' to stop or not stop on errors, although if your PS2 plug is on its way out there isn't much to do about that unless you can fix it yourself.  As for the USB problem you can set USB to be enabled in your BIOS, but my recollection is that USB keyboards aren't fully loaded until the OS is up and running.  I keep my PS2 keyboard, a PS2 mouse and a USB  mouse just because USB inputs aren't fully operational during the boot.






Leigh Jennings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi
>
>On Boot, my computer started to show a keyboard error before loading
>windows (xp). It would make a continual clicking which would stop and
>start, especially  if I played with the keyboard plug (ps2
>type).  Occasionally I would succeed in getting it to stop clicking
>and enable the keyaboard at the same time.  A successful boot would follow.
>Thinking this was a problem with the keyboard socket on the
>motherboard, and given a past problem with adjacent mouse (ps2)
>socket. I got a usb keyboard and plugged it in.  (using a usb mouse
>fixed the mouse problem)
>
>when I booted with the usb keyboard plugged in I got a continual
>beebing (rather than clicking) which would sometimes stop for a few
>seconds.  The keyboard was non responsive..  So then I plugged in the
>ps2 keyboard, leaving the usb keyboard plugged in and by fiddeling
>with the ps2 plug I could get the beeping to stop.  On one occasion I
>managed to enable the usb keyboard doing this on another it wouldnt go at all.
>
>The sound comes from the from the pc speaker not the sound card
>
>I am hoping my mother board isn't toast just yet......  Any Ideas????
>
>Chip:           AMD 1.333
>MOBO:   Asus A7M 266
>RAM:            500 meg DDR
>Mouse:  USB (optical, wheel mousee)
>Keyboards:      PS2 & USB
>Graphics:       GEforce 2
>Network:        Wireless card


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