My pc is not recognising my ps2 keyboard please help:

My problem starts when I first switch on my computer an asus logo screen appears and in the bottom right hand corner it says 'press delete to enter set up' unfortunately when I press delete nothing happens. Same thing aswell when I try to enter safe mode by pressing F7.

I have had problems with this before, however, I thought this was due to me using a usb wireless keyboard and not a ps2 serial. Today however, I went out and got a ps2 serial keyboard and the same thing is happening. The keyboard drivers are only loading when the xp blue windows screen loads and not before?

Does anyone know how I can somehow change the settings so that I can have keyboard control on initial boot?

Your feedback would, as always be greatly appreciated.

Do you think that this may be down to the bios driver my current M/B - BIOS specs are:

MOTHERBOARD
ASUS - P4R800 - VM -EAYZ
VERSION 1.02

BIOS DRIVER

VERSION 1003.005
RELEASE DATE - 03/02/2004

Should I reinstall the bios driver ? :)

See if resetting CMOS helps. You can do this either by repositioning a MB jumper(see the MB or computer documentation for the correct jumper), or by removing the CMOS battery for at least 30 minutes.

If no luck, then replace the CMOS battery.

Yeah I have read about this cmos battery what will it do if I take it out for 30 mins? would prefer this method than removing the wrong jumper.

The settings contained in the CMOS are maintained by the button battery found on the motherboard. If the battery is removed for 30 minutes as ski suggested the CMOS chip will return to its default values. The default values provide a kind of failsafe boot situation by not having any manual BIOS changes in the mix that might be messing things up...

Thanks for the info, if I take the battery out and reset the default bios settings will this have any effect on the O/S booting?

I.e Will I have to download new motherboard drivers e.t.c ?

Nope, shouldn't have any effect on the OS...

The BIOS information contained on the CMOS chip polls the different hardware on the system before handing things over to the OS. Its BIOS settings can apparently get disturbed for whatever reasons and resetting to the default values can usually correct things.

There are a couple of things that can give the BIOS headaches...It keeps track of installed hardware, and if a stick of RAM is added or subtracted, or a PCI card is removed etc., it can throw a wrench into the mix. Some BIOS easily handle changes, while others throw fits... :D

Another headache might be if someone is manually setting the FSB or CPU values...in which case it can often just not boot at all if done incorrectly. Solution...reset the default values... :)

Excellent news, is there an easier way of resetting the bios other than touching the motherboard, can I download the bios from the asus site and somehow run it from the download ?

What you are referring to is known as "flashing the BIOS." You shouldn't need to do this procedure. Actually, it's not advisable unless you really really need to do it. On many motherboards if for some reason the flash gets buggy, you need to purchase a new CMOS chip...

You're manual should tell you the procedure...it usually requires you either to pull the battery for around 30 minutes, or there's also a jumper you use...