Keyboard not responding windows 98

Students Click Here. It boots up and stops at a warning message that says You can safely attach a serial mouse now I've unplugged and plugged back in the mouse and keyboard and then rebooted. Nothing makes a difference. Does this sound like a software or hardware problem? My first thought was that it's a problem with the motherboard but before going down that road I wanted to see if anyone had any other ideas. Thanks in advance for any help!

Sounds like the motherboard since they both went bad at the same time, but to be safe, borrow a keyboard and swap it out to test. W98 really likes it better when a keyboard is installed. Do you have USB ports? If so, you can get a USB mouse and kb for less time and money than a motherboard Hope this helps, Corie. You may want to reset the BIOS as well. I have had this issue several times before and there were some times that it was solved by that.

You can use the reset jumper on your MB or pop the battery. Check to make sure your mouse and keyboard plugs aren't swapped. A few motherboards are picky about that. The above messages pretty well wrap it up. I did think of Safe Mode but since it won't recognize keyboard I don't know how to force it to go into safe mode.

Well, here's something interesting. Thanks again for all the responses. By the way, I'm using Win98SE on this pc. Another idea, Check you see if you have the following in your system folder VMM Well, I tried everything switched to usb mouse, popped battery to reste bios, made sure drivers were there and it still wouldn't recognize it.

For additional information about device conflicts, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Troubleshooting Device Conflicts with Device Manager Restart your computer. Status This behavior is by design. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Wait, what?

I'm pretty sure that Windows 98, both first and second editions, did not only support USB out of the box but also USB human interface devices i. Are you sure you're not thinking of Windows 95 including its service releases or USB 2. Monkey34 Supreme [H]ardness. Joined Apr 11, Messages 5, Have you tried a usb to ps2 adaptor? Use the ps2 ports. Post in the freebies thread, and I bet you will get a pair for shipping.

Joined Feb 19, Messages 18, Well it's been a long time for me to work on a 98 machine but I would not expect USB to work natively. OP, are the drivers for the USB controllers installed? Joined Jan 1, Messages 10, Joined Jul 25, Messages 10, Mister Natural 2[H]4U. Joined Oct 10, Messages 3, USB will work in Win98 provided you have the proper driver from the manufacturer.

If you don't have a driver it won't work. Demon Supreme [H]ardness. Joined Aug 20, Messages 4, I remember this happening all the time