No Keyboard error message

[brisko5]

When my wife attempts to start her computer she gets an error message "Keyboard error or no keyboard present". The computer then stops. A keyboard IS present and all the connections are OK. But I can find no mention of this error message in any documentation or tech help site. What's to do?:mad:

[jtdoom]

Hi

would like to know what sort of keyboard connector is used.
USB, ps2, wireless, or the old DIN.

you can try with another keyboard.
most times it's a bent pin.

and wireless, they have a battery...

USB support may have disabled itself in BIOS

[jtdoom]

another reason?
Hmmm, a "stuck" key can cause this.
(dirt or moisture)

in BIOS, you may have a setting, HALT on ALL errors.

[Larryf01]

Hopefully, you will not run into the problem I did. I had the exact same problem. Finally bought a new keyboard (a good one, not a cheapie). Thought that would solve the problem, but it did not. After checking with at least a dozen people on forums like this, and going to 2 computer repair shops, the trouble turned into a broken or loose pin in the motherboard. I had one computer repairman tell me he would not touch it, as there was too much chance he would damage the M/board beyond repair, then have to replace the whold M/board at his expense. Final result was I needed a new M/board. That is when my son "upgraded" my system.

Of course, I may have been told wrong. I will watch your thread as I would like to know more about this, too. You're luckier than me, anyway. If I had known about this forum then, I would have posted it here :p

Best....Larry

[jtdoom]

Hi larry01

so it did turn out to be one of the possibilities I utttered?

EDIT> (I just realised it may have been someone else I mentioned that possibility to.)

GROAN, these things can be fragile.
by cleaning the place one often wiggles them cables and pulls the connectors.

I had a PM, and am waiting for that info to be posted.
so Larry, stay tuned, because you have the experience with a case like this here..