Win2k Kills My PS/2 Keyboard?!?!

[Jarwa]

I recently formatted and installed Win98 and Win2000. The problem I'm having is that in Win2000 Pro about halfway through the Win2000 bootup my ps/2 keyboard dies. I had to go out and buy a USB keyboard so that I can use Win2000. I've tried 3 different ps/2 keyboards to no avail. So I'm dual-booting and dual-keyboarding! I have no problem with either keyboard in Win98.

I've got all the latest updates from MS, and I have SP1 installed, also. I've even formatted and installed Win2000 twice. I've got the latest BIOS for my SE440-BX2 board too. I've also tried 3 different ps/2 keyboard.

In Device Manager Win2000 shows the ps/2 keyboard as working properly. I tried updating the driver, but that didn't work either. I also tried using different drivers too. Of course, that didn't work either.

Below are two events that I get EVERY TIME I start Win2000. I get one "Warning" event type (which is displayed below), and then I get three "Error" event types. All three of the "error events" are the same, and I posted it below.
One other thing. SOMETIMES I can unplug the ps/2 keyboard and then plug it back in and Win2000 will recognize it. This doesn't always work, however.

I don't have a ps/2 mouse to try out, but I will go ahead and assume that it won't work either.

Can anyone help?
Thanks

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: i8042prt
Event Category: None
Event ID: 18
Date: 1/7/2001
Time: 2:10:20 AM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The device sent an incorrect response(s) following a mouse reset.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: i8042prt
Event Category: None
Event ID: 27
Date: 1/7/2001
Time: 2:10:50 AM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The operation on timed out (time out is configurable via the registry).

 

[Panther505]

Strange as it sounds is it possibe that you have your Keyboard and Mouse reversed? I had a box that 98(Millennium) would run on. If I booted to W2K then I could not get the Keyboard to work. One day after much fighting I moved to machine to a differnt desk and found that all of a sudden it worked fine. Started looking and noticed that I had KB and mouse plugged in wrong but the mouse still worked.. You might want to check that.

 

[Jarwa]

I tried that too. My keyboard still doesn't work that way either. Thanks for the suggestion.
Any other suggestions?
Please help.

 

[Jarwa]

Well, gee. Thanks for all the help guys!
I think I figured it out, anyway. My BIOS is reporting a problem with my keyboard. It doesn't say what the problem is, but it says there is a problem. Win98 seems not to care about the problem. The keyboard works fine in 98. Win2k, on the other hand, seems to care. It just simply kills or disables the PS/2 keyboard.
I'm surprised nobody thought of this. Oh well.

 

[thereaderrabbit]

Jarwa,

I had a similar problem because I did something real stupid while 'uninstalling' CueCat device. My keyboard worked on my WinMe partition and in bios, but shutdown when booting Win2k.

Here is a link to problem and solution.

Note: If you try this you'll have to reinstall some of your other drivers, as this solution resets a lot of settings.

Good luck.

-Reader