Hello all,

I've searched for this vigorusly but to no avail...

My question is.. is there a way to get my Saitek USB keyboard to work pre-boot.. Here's my problem, When I first turn on my computer, if i wanted to get into the advanced boot menu or use a 9x boot disk, go to the BIOS or even use ghost, I can't, because my keyboard and USB bus isnt active until after windows boots...

I've looked in the BIOS settings (only accessable with a PS/2 KB) and it would seem that everything is correct.. I'm running an MSI board..

In addition... my keyboard didn't come with any driver disk, because it isnt needed, its just a plain keyboard, no special features except for backlighting...

If anybody has any suggestions i'd be very grateful!!

thanks!!

same here, shurly you have an old ps/2 keyboard lying around. It works with you usb keyboard in too. If you dont have one, its only like 5$ for a real old used one

i do have one, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having a USB keyboard..

i obviously dont want to have 2 keyboards sitting on my desk..
there has to be a way to make this work, otherwise there wouldnt be USB keyboards, I think....

is there possibly a way to enable the usb in the bios when you boot ? It dosnt work here ecause i have wireless. But now that you say it, thare should ba something in the bios. Maybee enable the thing where you turn on the comp bt touching any keys

hrmm.. good thinking... ill have to try that... ill post the results

well i set the BIOS to allow startup from any key press and that didnt work.. i guess its only for PS/2 keyboards.. any other thoughts? anybody?

hmm ill try on mine and see if there is anything i can do.

I have the same problem. Used my old PS/2 keyboard to boot into the BIOS, enabled BIOS USB keyboard support. No luck. Tried attaching a PS/2 to USB adapter. No luck. Since I dual boot, this brand new keyboard is going to my son in exchange for his PS/2 keyboard.

Since there was no resolution, thought I'd see if anyone has a fix for this.

Thanks.

The answer is no. Your bios must have pre boot recogniion utiliy for usb devices to be recognized and you must select it in bios. A bios upgrade might do the trick.

I also have a msi board. Went into the bios and enabled usb legacy support and usb ms support and then it worked. Hope this helps