No Keyboard Press F1 to Continue
5th May 2012,02:06 PM #1
Keyboard failure. Press F1 to continue... >:(
FFS! It's bad enough having to deal with these carp messages at work... but on my own desktop.I know XP is on its way out and so is this PC soon, but that message is truly NOT HELPFUL
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.... and breathe!
I tried the keyboard on another machine and it was fine... and my desktop is now running again... like I said the machine is on its way out
8th May 2012,08:06 AM #2
You normally get that error at boot, if the keyboard isnt connected correctly or if a key is held down for too long (the machine thinks its stuck, hence a fault)
8th May 2012,08:28 AM #3
Um, I think she might actually have been fuming at the ridiculous message
Originally Posted by Chris_Jones
You normally get that error at boot, if the keyboard isnt connected correctly or if a key is held down for too long (the machine thinks its stuck, hence a fault)
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Thanks to witch from:
elsiegee40 (8th May 2012)
8th May 2012,08:29 AM #4
Not sure what caused this. Nothing useful in the Event Log.I was just using the PC and it hung. Tried a hard reboot and got the keyboard error... several times in a row. The PC and it's cabling haven't been touched in ages (I sound like a user, don't I?
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Anyway since the major pull out and vac round everything's fine now...
8th May 2012,08:29 AM #5
I was fuming at the stupid message! Completely!
Um, I think she might actually have been fuming at the ridiculous message
8th May 2012,08:31 AM #6
8th May 2012,08:40 AM #7
My PC on my desk at home.... it wasn't the actual fault that that was my issue...It was the bl**dy stupid message telling me to press F1 having just told me the keyboard had failed...
8th May 2012,08:59 AM #8
I had a frustrating one last week. The HDD in a laptop fell over. I recovered all the data (55GB that wasn't backed up anywhere else), bar the Word file the user had open at the time of failure but I was subsequently able to extract and save most of the contents of the corrupted file later on.I purchased a new HDD and slid Windows and everything else back on. I checked the laptop and everything was running okay. Easy job I thought.
The user then asked for some additional software, so there I was installing Dropbox and Logmein. After I'd finished I then realised the laptop was now VERY hot and I discovered that the fan had now decided to die during that session
As the laptop is four years old the user is now getting a new machine as we can't take a risk with it and I'll use it for mucking about with (I purchased a refurbished fan from eBay for �3). I just wish everything had fallen over at the same time as it would have saved me two days
I really do hate computers sometimes.
8th May 2012,09:01 AM #9
Doesn't that message come from BIOS rather than Windows?
8th May 2012,09:05 AM #10
Yep...still a bl**dy stupid message!
Doesn't that message come from BIOS rather than Windows?
8th May 2012,10:12 AM #11
Which you can disable.
Yep...still a bl**dy stupid message!
Open the BIOS and disable "halt on keyboard error" [It's something along those lines.]
Also, I think the error is like that so you can go get a keyboard, attach it and then press F1 to carry on.
It's still a stupid message though.
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