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XP Hangs because of USB Keyboard

Hello everyone,

I don't know if this is really a question as me asking for any insights. When I bootup my computer, it POSTs fine, but hangs at a black screen for 3 minutes prior to the XP Loading Screen. I've troubleshooted it and determined that the solution to this is either:

1) Plug a PS/2 keyboard in, and make sure the USB mouse (Logitech G5) and the USB Keyboard (Saitek Eclipse) are not on the same pair of slots (ie: one is on the USB bracket, and the other is on the main pair on the motherboard).

2) Force windows to "Start Windows Normally", but force shutting it down during a hang and pressing the enter key when prompted... that or hit F5, though it doesn't prompt like it should

I would expect that this is either a driver issue, a power supply issue, or a BIOS glitch. The drivers don't make sense, as I am just using the default USB Keyboard drivers that came with it, and the G5 is using Logitech's driver off of the CD. The powersupply is a 500w Thermaltake, and the motherboard is an MSI K8N Neo4 Diamond (With an Athlon 4000+). The installation is new, though this glitch occurred before the reinstall. I used to not have to deal with it though, as I was dual booting with GRUB (which forced me to hit Enter to load XP).

Thanks for the help everyone!
Dec 18 '08 #1
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Studlyami
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Try booting into safe mode and find out where the system is hanging. Also go into your BIOS and look under chip set (or something like that) and look for the option for enabling USB on startup. I have seen a couple of bios by default have it off. Have you updated your windows XP? If not try updating.
Dec 18 '08 #2
Try to find latest drivers from manufactures website.

boot into safe mode............

and update your drivers & try to install sp3 for windows xp.

this will solve your problem.
Dec 20 '08 #3

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