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.

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.