Always START with hardware first!. His ps2 port may be bad or he may have
broken a pin off in the port you never know. I can't believe you reinstalled
windows just to fix a keyboard. Did you try buying a usb keyboard to see if
that worked? Hopefully that will fix it for you. Maybe its just me but I'd
rather go spend 15 dollars on a usb keyboard than reinstall windows. Well
anyway good luck,

Joe

Kemco ITT

"gamerouche" wrote:

> Hi, my partner's ps2 keyboard has ceased to be recognized by Windows xp.
> There is no listing for keyboard in the device manager & clicking on the
> keyboard icon in control panel results in no options being listed.
> We thought that we could reinstal Windows xp & problem would be solved but
> obviously, we can't input the windows product key.
> I have tried my keyboard but still no joy.
> We know power is going through the keyboard as the lights flicker when
> rebooting.
> Any help gratefully accepted please, thanks.