Last night I assembled a system from all new components--Asus P8P67 Pro, Intel 2500K, new hard drive, new optical drive, new keyboard, new mouse, new everything.
When I powered it all up for the first time, I entered the BIOS. I looked around a bit, but I didn't change anything. My USB mouse and USB keyboard were working as expected when I drove around the BIOS.
I exited the BIOS and put my Windows 7 install disk into the optical drive. The windows installation program started. Soon, a page came up asking for some basic information, such as what language and currency format I would like to use. I had no way of communicating back to the program. The windows install program didn't recognize my mouse or keyboard. But they were both working just fine moments earlier when I was investigating the BIOS.
I rebooted back into the BIOS to check that the devices did still work, and they did. But they again failed to work when I started the windows installation program again.
I got around the problem by taking the PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard off of another computer and using them. (Luckily the motherboard had PS/2 ports.) The windows install program was able to see those, and the installation went without a hitch after that. Things seem fine now.
Anyway, I just thought I'd put that out there in case anyone can benefit from it.
And I guess I'd also like to ask whether it's Microsoft or Asus who should be blamed for the problem.
Jim
When I powered it all up for the first time, I entered the BIOS. I looked around a bit, but I didn't change anything. My USB mouse and USB keyboard were working as expected when I drove around the BIOS.
I exited the BIOS and put my Windows 7 install disk into the optical drive. The windows installation program started. Soon, a page came up asking for some basic information, such as what language and currency format I would like to use. I had no way of communicating back to the program. The windows install program didn't recognize my mouse or keyboard. But they were both working just fine moments earlier when I was investigating the BIOS.
I rebooted back into the BIOS to check that the devices did still work, and they did. But they again failed to work when I started the windows installation program again.
I got around the problem by taking the PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard off of another computer and using them. (Luckily the motherboard had PS/2 ports.) The windows install program was able to see those, and the installation went without a hitch after that. Things seem fine now.
Anyway, I just thought I'd put that out there in case anyone can benefit from it.
And I guess I'd also like to ask whether it's Microsoft or Asus who should be blamed for the problem.
Jim
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