[help] Pc Doesn't Boot Anymore.

Ok so I was working on my old computer last night and I shut it down perfectly. Today morning when I started it, it booted up to the XP logon screen and as I tried to type my password, I found that the keyboard doesn't work anymore. I tried to reconnect the USB keyboard connector on the back to see if a loose connection was causing the problem. Booted back into Windows, still no go. I restarted the computer once again and hit 'Del' to go into the BIOS and to my surprise the keyboard worked and in the BIOS menu all keys worked just fine. I tried going into Windows and the keyboard didn't work. :rant:

Figured maybe Windows f*cked up and did a reinstall. During reinstall when it asked me to type my name, key, time zone etc the keyboard worked perfectly. Install completed successfully and it tried to boot into Windows. After the Windows XP boot screen came up and the progress bar did its thing, the screen went blank as if it was going into the logon screen but then my monitor light started flashing as if it went into Standby mode. About 10 seconds later the computer restarted automatically. I tried booting into Windows again...no go. I did another clean format and re-install. Still the same thing.

Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on? :blink:

My PC configuration is:

Pentium III 500 Mhz cpu

ASUS P3V4X mobo

ATi Radeon 7000 video card

Maxtor 40 GB hdd

Samsung 45Bn monitor

#172860

If you're doing a complete format before installing, then the only thing I could possibly think of is either your XP CD or your hard drive is pooched...

#172901

Poor sid

Have you tried using a USB-PS2 converter?

#173005

Originally posted by lostspyder@Jun 5 2004, 02:04 PM
Poor sid

Have you tried using a USB-PS2 converter?

I'll try that dear boy. Thanks for the suggestion.

#173034

So how the hell did you manage to post this thread :smartass:

#173052

2 computers?

#173066

Originally posted by 350z@Jun 5 2004, 07:36 PM
2 computers?

Joke

#173102

nope cyber cafe , by the way im from india , belive me pcs here SUCK ARSE , so dude maybe you could get a new keyboard or somethin , best of luck (where are you in india )

#173432

Get a different keyboard and try. Does your mouse work at the logon screen? Unplug the keyboard and see if you'll reach the logon screen.

#173523

@DoubleD:

@Rahul: No I have a laptop.

@n3urotic: The keyboard works fine in the BIOS so it's not a hardware problem. Anyway I tried replacing the keyboard just to be on the safe side and it still doesn't work. Unplugging the keyboard didn't help. I can't even see the logon screen let alone see the mouse on the logon screen.

@lostspyder: A USB-to-PS/2 connector didn't help..

Thank you for all the suggestions guys.

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