no keyboard xp dell 3 yrs old

Hi,

A friend of a friend, etc., is having keyboard problems.
It's a Dell mini-tower from about 2002 running XP home.
The other day, the keyboard stopped working so he
bought a new keyboard yesterday, and it doesn't work either.
Both are PS2's.

Before I re-invent the wheel here, ha ha, can anyone
give me some ideas on what may have caused this?

My solution is to tell him to get a USB keyboard and
see what happens, but if there's an easy fix to get a normal
keyboard going again I'll tell him to do that.

Thanks for any ideas on this.

Mike

PS2 disabled in the bios?

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Hi,

A friend of a friend, etc., is having keyboard problems.
It's a Dell mini-tower from about 2002 running XP home.
The other day, the keyboard stopped working so he
bought a new keyboard yesterday, and it doesn't work either.
Both are PS2's.

Before I re-invent the wheel here, ha ha, can anyone
give me some ideas on what may have caused this?

My solution is to tell him to get a USB keyboard and
see what happens, but if there's an easy fix to get a normal
keyboard going again I'll tell him to do that.

Thanks for any ideas on this.

Mike

A friend of a friend, etc., is having keyboard problems.
It's a Dell mini-tower from about 2002 running XP home.
The other day, the keyboard stopped working so he
bought a new keyboard yesterday, and it doesn't work either.
Both are PS2's.

Loose keyboard connection?
keyboard cable damaged?

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In article SQ6bg.4655$a23.1292@trndny01, `AMD tower says...
Hi,

A friend of a friend, etc., is having keyboard problems.
It's a Dell mini-tower from about 2002 running XP home.
The other day, the keyboard stopped working so he
bought a new keyboard yesterday, and it doesn't work either.
Both are PS2's.

Before I re-invent the wheel here, ha ha, can anyone
give me some ideas on what may have caused this?

Blown fuse on the PS2 port?

My solution is to tell him to get a USB keyboard and
see what happens, but if there's an easy fix to get a normal
keyboard going again I'll tell him to do that.

I concur with your suggestion.


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Conor,

Same ****, different day.

What about trying a restore point?




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In article SQ6bg.4655$a23.1292@trndny01, `AMD tower says...
Hi,

A friend of a friend, etc., is having keyboard problems.
It's a Dell mini-tower from about 2002 running XP home.
The other day, the keyboard stopped working so he
bought a new keyboard yesterday, and it doesn't work either.
Both are PS2's.

Before I re-invent the wheel here, ha ha, can anyone
give me some ideas on what may have caused this?

Blown fuse on the PS2 port?

My solution is to tell him to get a USB keyboard and
see what happens, but if there's an easy fix to get a normal
keyboard going again I'll tell him to do that.

I concur with your suggestion.


--
Conor,

Same ****, different day.