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Old 09-19-2002, 03:54 PM   #1
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Problem dualbooting

During the boot sequence, my keyboard has become unusable so that I am unable to choose which OS to open. Anybody have an idea what is wrong? The two OS's are ME and Win2000. It defaults to ME.
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Old 09-20-2002, 09:36 AM   #2
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I'm guessing you have a USB keyboard.
Go into BIOS setup, and activate the "USB Keyboard Support" option.
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Is the keyboard working in Windows?

Have you tried a different keyboard.

When booting, does it still give you an option of which OS to start?

If not, you may need to edit the boot.ini file.
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Old 09-23-2002, 01:38 PM   #4
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Thanks Reboot for the heads up. Yes, I was connected by USB, 2 days ago, I changed the keyboard back to the keyboard connecter and I was able to use the keyboard. So, problemn solved. However, I didn't know why I could access the keyboard throught the USB port. I will try your suggestion. Thanks.
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