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    keyboard drivers gone on xp

    hi all this has happened on two of my machines one being a pc and the other being a netbook working fine one day switched on the following day and keyboard not working, looked under device manager and nothing there that normally says keyboard (only mouse etc) when i go in to controll panel theres an icon that says keyboard i click that then click the tab hardware and nothing in there (all drivers gone) any ideas many thanks

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    there are no keyboard drivers as such, they are part of the os.

    cold boot the lappy and holddown a key from 1st power [try f8 or if it indicates a f key to get into the bios try that one]

    should start beeping at you.


    as for the desktop, is this usb or ps2?

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    desktop is ps2 not usb (so should reckonise it straight away) surely there should be something in device manager that says keyboard and also in controll panell click the keyboard icon then the hardware tab and nothing no os drivers in there

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    Or try a repair file with "sfc /scannow" in cmd without the quotes Hidden Content

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    so did you go back to basics?
    hold down a key and power the pc
    does it beep beep beep at you?

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    yes it beeps and keyboard works in bios stops working when windows loads

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    do you have
    kbdclass.sys & kbdhid.sys
    in c;\windows\system32\drivers\

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    yes they are in there, but no keyboard listed in device manager. the mouse pad works fine untill u press akey on the keyboard then it freezes and u have to turn netbook off (but i think this is down to no keyboard driver insatalled)

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    ok its going to be down to dma allocation then
    when happens when you detect new devices?

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    whats dma sorry im not that hot on pc's

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    direct memory access

    run the addharware wizard
    then select keyboard from the list if it does not show
    when it asks for drivers pop in your windows disc

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    still no good spoke to a few people they said it needs a bios update the other said it was a bad windows update so i really dont know helpppppppp

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    try a usb keyboard
    does it detect it
    after windows is running

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    yer detects usb keyboard fine

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    You could try resetting ESCD or Extended System Configuration Data.
    Go into the BIOS and look under PNP/PCI Configuration.
    Then go to Reset Configuration Data and set to Enabled.
    Save and restart.

    This should update or reconfigure settings such as IRQ,DMA and I/O
    addresses related to your hardware and resolve any conflicts.

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    all done it needed a bios in the end all sorted

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    Re: keyboard drivers gone on xp

    I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALREADY TRIED THAT
    NEVER MIND ALL DONE NOW

    GOOD WORK

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