saybl

ive never asked anyone b4, but ill start doing just that, youve been tons of help to me and many other people on this forum ive noticed thank you soooo much

ok tyvm, the keyboard and mouse now work, but i cant enter bios at all, it just gets to that black screen and even if i select any one of the options it wont go anywhere, prety much freezes after i select an option. I need to find something that will totaly wipe my drive of whatever is causing this and reformat it. sadly i lost my only copy of a cd that did that for me, so i suppose ill just have to be patient and keep looking for something thatll help =/

i used two different keyboards, they are usb. Cant get into anything as far as i can tell comp turns on, goes to a black screen saying that it couldnt boot and gives option like use safe mode, last know working, start regularly, etc. the mouse and keyboard turn on at first and i can turn on # lock and such but when it gets to the black screen where i need to use the arrow keys to move the highlite, the board just stops working, as does the mouse =/ if this continues idk if even a repair center could fix it....

late last night i was using the system restore function but i was very tired, i then shut down the comp from the button on the back of the tower. This morning i woke up expecting to just use the "restart from last known working settings" option, but all of a sudden when i get to that black screen with the options my key board and mouse shut down and wont work. I tried emergency boot disks, etc., and each and every time my keyboard and mouse shut off right after the COMPAQ (red and bold) screen ends. if only i could get the key board to work then everything would be fine. please help me someone.