Hi,

Switching the power off after shutting down the pc should not harm anything.
Shutting the power off instead of shutting down the pc would.

Have you tried a different keyboard? Have you tried reseating the existing
one?

If you're getting a 'reset defaults' message at boot up, it means the cmos
battery is dead and needs to be replaced. When the power is shut off, this
battery provides a trickle of power to the system bios to remember any
settings you've made.

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>
> Two years ago I built my PC and all has run perfectly since until
> yesterday.
>
> I turned it on only to be greeted on boot up by the error message
>
> '*keyboard* *error* or *no* *keyboard* *present'*
>
> This is before it has even fired up the Operating system so I guess its
> hardware based.
>
> I have already tried removing the battery and resetting the cmos on the
> motherboard but to no avail.
> I now get two error messages ...the keyboard one and the default bios
> settings one.
>
> Only difference in operation is that of late my girlfriend has started
> turning off the power switch at the rear of the pc after closing down
> the operating system so our little boy cannot turn it on.
> Would this be enough to fry or foul up the mobo??
>
> Mobo is only two yrs old like I said so so hopefully its not
> terminal!!!
>
> Help required please!!!!!:confused:
>
>
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