Mouse and Keyboard not working

[Randomaxess]

Hey all,

I've got this old compaq Persario, its about 4 years old. It was working until a couple days ago, where the keyboard and mouse suddenly didn't work. Here's the steps i took:

1) I checked to see if another keyboard mouse would work. no luck, there fore i eliminated the mouse and keyboard as the issue

2) i tried going into the BIOS, this is where the fun began
The keyboard was literally just BARELY being sensed....in otherwords, it got into the BIOS, but then stopped working.

3) I rebooted, and I couldn't get into the BIOS again....the keyboard and mouse still don't work

In other words, its like both of them crash out right after it turns on...and produces no keyboard error.

I think its a PS/2 error, in which case they need to get a new comp OR try out a USB mouse/keyboard. What do you guys think?

[Randomaxess]

update:

I got it working again, but my fear is that the connection is loose, because i had to open it up and kinda play with it to get it to work.

[minsonngo]

Try clearing the CMOS and see if that solves the problem. A bad or faulty power supply can also be the cause of your problem. Hopefully the keyboard and mouse controller did not go bad since this may require replacing the motherboard.