"Rob" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
news:ce6iku$p0q$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am having odd problems with my keyboard. Firstly, i notice that the
centre
> pin on my keyboard cable is missing on one end (pin 4 I think). Not sure
if
> that is relevant, because i think that pin is for the mouse, but still...
>
> Anyway, if i plug in the cable and just power up the system, it says
> keyboard not present and switches to serial i/o. However, I can power up
the
> system via the power button on the keyboard, so something must be getting
> through.
>
> Also, if i press a button on the keyboard during startup the keyboard is
> detected, although it won't work until i remove the plug and put it in
> again.
>
> Could this be the keyboard receive line not getting through? I have tried
> both sides of the keyboard connection and checked the pin on the cable.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas (i don't have any other hardware to test
> with)?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob.
>
>
>
Forgot to say, caps lock, numlock, etc don't work and the error "Can't find
keyboard table for keyboard layout code ff
Using USA keyboard table" is displayed when the keyboard is detected (with
me pressing a key).

Rob.