Keyboard issue in BIOS Solved

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Good evening,
Well, I already posted a message, but actually the situation has changed. So I am on XP, I have a wireless infrared keyboard and mouse, and the infrared module is USB. My BIOS is Award, and while trying to install Linux, I realized that my keyboard is not usable during the BIOS. I need a keyboard plugged into the purple port (what's it called?). But I was told that by pressing a key, I could access the BIOS. Miracle, by pressing <F8>, I can access a menu. The problem is that the keyboard is not responding anymore! I can access this menu, but I can't interact with it. I need to go in there to change an option called "keyboard" so that the keyboard is active when the PC starts. Otherwise, with LINUX I can't choose the desired language, it remains by default in English, which bothers me a bit, but mainly, I have an AZERTY keyboard so the A is swapped with the Q, and the Z with the W. Anyway, I don't know why the keyboard isn't responding in the BIOS menu. Thank you for your help, if you can help me ..
Paul

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baluze · Accepted Answer

Good evening,
You need to enable USB detection in the BIOS. But the problem is,
that we navigate in the BIOS using the arrow keys.
What's curious is that the F8 key is generally for safe mode.
Are you sure you entered the BIOS?
Usually, it's F1, F2, F10, or the delete key.
I would also advise starting with a Linux live CD to get familiar with it or installing it on another partition of your hard drive.
It's not necessarily at the beginning, depending on the distribution you have.

--
Only the female brain can think of two things at the same time, the first being
the time of "Plus belle la vie."

Squam55 · Answer

Yes, I think I'm in the BIOS. There's a page with the name of my motherboard, Gigabyte, and at the bottom of the screen, it says to press a key to enter the BIOS. I press it, and then I get a menu. I thought I saw an option for the boot order, but I'm not sure. Especially since the arrow keys aren't responding after I pressed the key (actually, I tried one key at a time, well, the recommended ones, and it didn't work; a friend came over and pressed a bunch of keys and on one of them, it displayed the menu, and he apparently had his finger on F8).
So how do I modify USB settings without using the BIOS? I was told that with MS-DOS (the command prompt, right?), there's a command to do that while Windows is running.

Squam55 · Answer

Good evening,
Yes, I think I'm in the BIOS, it displays a menu with various options, but before that, there's a page with the brand of my motherboard, Gigabyte, and some keys to press at the bottom of the screen. Actually, I pressed some keys, but it didn't work. A friend came over, tried, and ended up pressing other keys, and it showed a menu, and his finger was near F8. Also, how can I set the USB detection option without using the BIOS? I was told there's a command in MS-DOS (command prompt, right?), under Windows. Otherwise, I ordered the Linux CD, I haven't installed it, I'm also testing a demo on the CD, and now every time I start up, I'm asked which OS to choose, the keyboard not responding, after a few seconds Windows (by default) starts.
So there you go, I'm not sure, in my opinion I'm in the BIOS, but I'll check all that tomorrow. I'm cleaning my PC tomorrow anyway, I'll take the opportunity to remove the CMOS battery for 15 minutes? Ah! I might be confusing, at startup there's a SETUP button, it might be something else.
Thanks for your help anyway.
Paul

baluze · Answer

I understand less and less
First, are you still using your wireless keyboard?
If so, you just need to borrow a wired keyboard (not USB), the one with a purple connector, and it should work.
How do you want to activate USB in the BIOS when you are using a USB keyboard that is not recognized because you haven't enabled USB recognition? It's impossible
Also, normally setup is the same as the BIOS.....
Finally, the command prompt might allow you to repair the boot, but the catch is that you need to type commands with the keyboard!
Try to be more precise because I'm lost!

The Start menu with "options," normally it's F8
it is indicated inside
safe mode
safe mode with networking support
active directory restoration mode
....................................
start Windows normally, etc
see here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/en

Did you come across a menu that had this?
If not, you were definitely in the BIOS or maybe you started a reinstall with factory settings that can also be done at startup, there are only these three possibilities.
Finally, if you were able to press F8 and get "somewhere," it's clear that your keyboard was working!
We navigate in the BIOS (just like in the startup with options) with the small arrow keys on the keyboard, the escape key, and the enter key; if you tried to
type text in the BIOS, it wasn’t going to work!
Finally, if you installed Linux on the same partition of the hard drive as XP, I won't even mention the mess; it's no wonder XP won't start anymore; you overwritten half of the system files!

Forgive me, but I don’t understand anything anymore
--
"Woman is the only vessel we have left to pour our ideals into" (Nietzsche)
It's sublime, what a pity I watched a show by Daniela Lumbroso...

baluze · Answer

error in manipulation, sorry

baluze · Answer

Sorry for the previous post, which seems a bit incomprehensible, but last night the messages
kept disappearing and reappearing, so it was difficult to respond correctly to a message that we had already forgotten.
Apparently, there is indeed a DOS command to activate USB recognition, but I don't know it and can't find it on Google. There is certainly someone here who knows it, you can always ask
a question on the forum that you will call "ms-dos command for the bios", explain your problem and wait for someone to respond.
For the F8 key, it is never the BIOS at startup with options
see here
http://www.tplpc.com/modules/wfsection/dossier-31.html
for the bios, see here
http://macmicro.chez-alice.fr/bios.php
if your bios is in English, it can also be called "usb legacy...." that you'll need to set to "enabled"
Unless you want to wait for a command prompt expert who can answer you, I think the simplest thing would be to borrow a "normal" keyboard, meaning wired with the purple plug, and once USB detection is activated in the bios, you start up, and once started, you plug in your wireless keyboard, restart, and that's it.
--
"Woman is the only vessel left for us to pour our ideality into" (Nietzsche)
It's sublime, what a pity that I watched a show by Daniela Lumbroso...

Squam55 · Answer

Well, I'll explain better. So my keyboard and mouse are infrared, they work very well under Windows. But not in the BIOS, that’s normal, it's USB. But thanks to a key (I'll check it), I enter the BIOS, I'm sure, it's a kind of menu with various settings such as choosing the order of drives. But once this key is pressed, the keyboard does not respond, including the arrow keys, that’s why I’m asking for help. I don’t have a keyboard with the purple plug (PS/2), I have wired ones but USB. I was lent a kind of USB to PS2 adapter, but there’s a mouse drawing on it, I think it doesn't work for keyboards.
Also, don't worry, I haven't messed up anything with the system files, Linux is not installed, otherwise I wouldn't be writing to you. I was explained that you could very well use two operating systems and choose between them at each boot. But I can try Linux without installing it, that’s what I'm doing, but at the same time the language remains default. Sorry for not expressing myself more clearly, and I hope that I’ve clarified things a bit for you.
Paul

Squam55 · Answer

I just restarted my PC, I pressed Delete and TAB, I entered another menu, I explored a bit, and by clicking on an option, I was able to see the temperature of my motherboard and CPU. Am I in the right menu? Anyway, I didn't find any option regarding the USBs, maybe I searched incorrectly. I only restart my PC when absolutely necessary; I'm a bit afraid to turn it on 50 times, I'm worried about burning out the power supply.
You were right, F8 doesn't respond, and it was by pressing Delete several times that my PC made a strange noise, and I ended up in that famous menu. Sorry I can't shed more light.
Paul

baluze · Answer

Hi Paul
before Windows starts normally, I only know of three possible things to do,
enter the BIOS (or "setup"), access the boot options (F8 key) or sometimes reinstall the system with factory settings.
If you’ve landed in a menu with the temperature of your processor, it can only be the BIOS
As long as you haven't found a PS/2 keyboard and activated USB detection, we can go around in circles for centuries
You will be able to enter the BIOS indefinitely, as long as you continue with your USB keyboard; even if you manage to get in, you will never accomplish anything because you need to navigate with the keyboard keys and your USB keyboard
is not recognized.
So even if you see menus of any kind, as long as you haven't found a PS/2 keyboard, you will never
be able to do anything in those menus.
You didn't install Linux; actually, you're booting with a "live CD Linux," anyway, a CD-ROM drive
is a hundred times slower than a hard drive, a live CD Linux is just to see what Linux looks like.
It takes about 30 seconds to display the slightest web page with that.
Either you give up Linux for good, or you find a non-USB keyboard
there are no other possible choices.
I have nothing against Linux, but you can surf, do a bit of office work, and do a little photo editing, that's all.
If your XP works well, what’s the point? The Linux-compatible programs are few and far between.
I understand putting Linux on if you can’t afford XP or Vista, but wanting to replace XP with Linux means you won't even have one in ten programs that you can use, and with a live CD that is necessarily very slow, that has absolutely no interest.
So either you find a PS/2 keyboard, or you give up Linux
--
"Woman is the only vase left for us to pour our ideality into" (Nietzsche)
It was sublime, what a thought I had after watching a show by Daniela Lumbroso!

Squam55 · Answer

Ok, thanks for your advice. By the way, last night, just before midnight, I had to restart my PC. Once done, I went back to where I could see various settings, and there, the keyboard keys responded! I still haven't found the USB option, as I needed to leave, so I exited that menu, and just after when I was asked to choose between XP and the Linux demo, the keyboard stopped working again. So there you go, I'll look for that setting today.
By the way, I wanted to try Linux to see what it's like, and also to install it on the school's PCs, which are all running Windows Millennium at most, and with that operating system being quite old, Linux would give them a more updated look. Thanks for your help anyway.
Paul

baluze · Answer

Everything marked USB, set to enabled, you can't go wrong. -- "Hello, how are you? I'm good, have I been well?

Squam55 · Answer

Thank you very much, I found a setting, and I turned the 3 things that were on [disabled] to [enabled], everything works, I can now choose between the two OS. Thank you for your help in any case, this issue is resolved.

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