Re: Keyboard works in Dos but not windows XP.
- From: "Olórin" <incanus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:55:45 -0000
DJW wrote:
On Mar 16, 8:34 am, "Olórin" <inca...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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ickey Mouse wrote:
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What an idiot moron you must be to give advice that.
Pop the battery? Oh yeah do that and it certainly will clear your
bios.
An idiot giving advice to a possible newbe, whata laugh!
Mickey
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On Mar 14, 11:57 am, DJW <d...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 13, 12:34 pm, lunatic <yves...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 13, 3:25 pm, DJW <d...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A friend had me come over to her place and asked me to look at
her computer. She uses XP and was typing in MS Works word
processing document. All of a sudden the keyboard stopped
working and the number
lock light was on but the mouse worked. I hooked up another
keyboard and the same thing as in dead. I restarted held down
F10 and went into
the Bios and saw an Error 0210: Stuck Key 44. But I was able to
move around the screen and do things with the keyboard so it
can't be dead.
Is the Error of the stuck key just showing that I had held down
F10 or
is there a mapping of the keyboard were I can figure out which
key is
44?
She got this computer when XP was sort of new. They did not
give her an XP installer CD. Instead the HP manual tells you
to run in HP Tools
(forgot exact name) a restore application. I ran it and did a
reinstall of the keyboard driver. Still not able to input using
the keyboard.
When she bought the computer they said all the OS installation
stuff was on the hard drive and no installer CD was needed. As
another question here doesn't she deserve for just a shipping
fee the actual windows XP CD because obviously she bought the
HP desktop computer alone with a license to run XP?
Microsoft only requires a method of placing a working XP version
back onto a PC. Several OEM PC makers are shipping an OS
recovery system, which is an image of the hard drive at the
time the PC left their factory.
As for the keyboard problem, you may need to do a BIOS / CMOS
"clear" in order to attempt to force the "keyboard" to be
recognised. Once the BIOS "clear" is completed, you will need to
re-enter all the settings (Date/Time, Hard drive size etc..) and
then access the XP's Safe Mode. Once in the Safe Mode, you can
test the keyboard.
Ok two follow up questions.
Are there online directions as to how to clear the Bois? Is this
something the can or does happen much? Could it be something to
do with the control panel (not sure because I use a Mac) that
helps handicapped people use the computer? I only hit the keys
fast never thought to hold them for a longer bit.
And second is that disk image of XP able to be copied for future
use on a CD? Is it invisible and where would it reside on the
hard drive. What would a person do if they wanted or needed to
put a
new hard drive in because the old one died or they wanted more
room? If the latter could you put the new one in as a slave to
copy (?) the old hard drive over then reinstall as the master
and remove
and trash the old hard drive.
So is there be a way to get an installer CD from Microsoft
because
the version is too old for them being XP and an early copy I
assume it's a home edition? Isn't being a licensed user a
licensed user no matter if you have the CD or not?- Hide quoted
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You can not do this in Windows. You must disconnect the power and
open the case to pop the coin cell battery. This will clear the
BIOS and you just need to place the battery back into the holder.
Close the PC and try to power it up. This does not guaranty the
the problem will be fixed
"What an idiot moron you must be to give advice that." - anyone
know what language this is?
"Pop the battery? Oh yeah do that and it certainly will clear your
bios." Shorthand for "pop the battery *out*". Everyone else here
will have realised that. Failing that - what exactly was your
point? Sorry - "was exactly point your what?"
My point is (and read slowly), You don't tell someone to 'pop out
the battery'
without much further explanation. Removing the battery has
consequences!
Mickey
Then why didn't you just say that? And give some detail as to what
*you* think is wrong with the advice, instead of just having a go?
And I only need to slow down my reading when making sense of
badly-written posts, eg words in the wrong order, such as yours.
Remember me and my question so what is the best way to clear the BIOS?
or CMOS.
What is the difference of the BIOS and CMOS?
With the PC off and disconnected from the mains, take out the aforementioned
battery, put it back quarter of an hour later. Or check your motherboard's
manual - there may be a jumper setting that'll do the same. Or a "Reset" (or
even just "Clear errors") option in the BIOS itself. But don't forget, as
mentioned, you'll lose any changes you've made from the default settings.
Not sure this'll fix your keyboard problem though...
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000707.htm, for instance.
If F10 is your system's key to enter the BIOS, try tapping it just once when
you see the prompt, "Press F10 to enter setup" or similar - but as soon as
you see it - and see if that 0210 error is still there.
.
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