Re: Keyboard Still Won't Work on Startup


"KIR" <kenandkatherine@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I understand that you think my keyboard port is shorted out. But I don't
understand the rest - what is a PS/2 keyboard or mouse? I have the old
kind
of keyboard and the mouse connects to a different port. I don't know the
names of these connectors. How do I know if it is shorted out? If it is
why
does it start working again after I do a disk scan? Also, I think I'm
already using a serial port for my mouse and keyboard.




No, there is no such thing as a serial keyboard.

If your mouse port and keyboard port are round and look exactly alike they
are ps/2

see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2_connector

I do *a lot* of computer repair and occasionally I will get a machine with a
keyboard error or mouse error...
and "solve" the problem by using only *one* ps/2 device and using USB for
the other

just for information this is what a serial port looks like

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port

There is no way that you could possibly have a serial port keyboard...
but it is possible to use a serial mouse...though they are generally
considered obsolete


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