> > Are you just saying that the USB keyboard will only work once Windows is
> > fully loaded?  If that's the case, that's normal, nothing's broken!
>
>   There was about a two-year period, when USB was first being
> introduced, when this was true.  Current motherboards build support
> for USB keyboards, and possibly also mice, into the BIOS.
>
>   Only motherboards made/designed during those first two years -- and
> motherboards like the poster's, that were never designed for USB! --
> should have this problem.
>
> David Gillett
>

AHA, thank you Dave, I didn't know that.  Guess that shows how long it's
been since I bought a motherboard.  My two boards here in my home machines
(an ASUS P2B-F and an FIC VA-503+) probably both fit in that timeframe you
speak of, which is why I can't do USB except inside Windows.  Yes, I'm due
for an upgrade <g>.

Thanks for the information.  Sorry if I misled Dick N. at all with my reply.


Eileen
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