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Solved My BIOS Won’t Recognize My USB Keyboard

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My BIOS won’t recognise my USB keyboard, but since my keyboard is USB/not recognised, I can’t access the BIOS to change it to recognise USB (I assume that’s the problem). Is there any other solution? Do I just need to buy a new non-USB keyboard to use this one, 5-minute time?

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      “The first time I installed Windows 7, my keyboard was recognised.”

      If that was with the same mboard and a USB keyboard, then either
      – the bios default was that Legacy USB devices or similar was enabled
      – or – you or someone else enabled that setting.

      “I think when I installed Windows 7 that time (it was originally Windows XP) it must have changed the BIOS options perhaps?”

      Since enabling or disabling Legacy USB Devices or similar is a bios setting, the operating system you’re installing has nothing to do with that.
      If that setting was disabled, there’s no way you could boot the computer from the DVD with a USB keyboard,.

      Some brand name system installations have software that allows you to access the bios in Windows, but as far as I know that’s not possible if only Windows was installed.
      However, you can usually change the time and date in the bios automtically by changing them in the operating system.

      ” I’d rather not mess around with the actual hardware since I don’t know what I’m doing at all.”

      It’s not rocket science.
      See the Owner’s or User’s manual for your brand name system, or if you have a generic system, see the manual for your mboard model.

      ” Other than that option, I’m gathering that the best bet is to just get a new keyboard? “

      Being able to use a PS/2 keyboard can’t be disabled by any bios setiing.
      If your computer has a PS/2 port for a keyboard, all you need to do is borrow a PS/2 keyboard, plug it in before booting the computer (into the purple PS/2 port) and change the setting in the bios for Legacy USB devices or similar to Enablled, Save bios settings.
      Then use your USB keyboard.
      (DO NOT unplug or plug in a PS/2 connected keyboard while the computer is running.
      You can connect more than one keyboard to the computer at the same time if they’re not using the same type of port, but you can only use one of them at a time.).

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