Logitech keyboard won't work after Win98 bootdisc

sabinblitz · 02-23-2009, 01:49 PM

So here's what I did. I downloaded the USB Flash tool from HP and used my Patriot XT 4GB flash drive to make a MS-DOS boot disc from file (downloaded the file off google). I did it on Vista, but in backwards compatibility mode for XP. It works, it boots up...but my keyboard didn't work. Its a Logitech, and has the F Mode key for F Functions (or alternate functions). Anyways, after I booted it up, the F Mode button froze on, and stayed on even after a power off. So I rebooted, and the keyboard stopped working in the BIOS and it won't work even when Windows boots. I can't select which OS I wanna boot (have a dual boot going on) so it goes to Win 7 and everything else works except the keyboard. I went to device manager and it just doesn't show up, not even under unknown devices w/ a yellow exclamation point. Its a custom built computer so I could flash the BIOS if that would fix it, though I'd rather not.

Also, its not a short because I'm typing on another computer with the same Logitech keyboard. Its a PS/2 keyboard, not USB.

I need to get it to work, so after I fix this keyboard mishap, would enabling legacy drivers in BIOS fix this problem or is there no way of getting around it? Also, should I make the boot disc on an XP computer instead?

02-23-2009, 01:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
sabinblitz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Vista SP1	Logitech keyboard won't work after Win98 bootdisc So here's what I did. I downloaded the USB Flash tool from HP and used my Patriot XT 4GB flash drive to make a MS-DOS boot disc from file (downloaded the file off google). I did it on Vista, but in backwards compatibility mode for XP. It works, it boots up...but my keyboard didn't work. Its a Logitech, and has the F Mode key for F Functions (or alternate functions). Anyways, after I booted it up, the F Mode button froze on, and stayed on even after a power off. So I rebooted, and the keyboard stopped working in the BIOS and it won't work even when Windows boots. I can't select which OS I wanna boot (have a dual boot going on) so it goes to Win 7 and everything else works except the keyboard. I went to device manager and it just doesn't show up, not even under unknown devices w/ a yellow exclamation point. Its a custom built computer so I could flash the BIOS if that would fix it, though I'd rather not. Also, its not a short because I'm typing on another computer with the same Logitech keyboard. Its a PS/2 keyboard, not USB. I need to get it to work, so after I fix this keyboard mishap, would enabling legacy drivers in BIOS fix this problem or is there no way of getting around it? Also, should I make the boot disc on an XP computer instead? Last edited by sabinblitz; 02-23-2009 at 01:51 PM.