Mouse and Keyboard locking up

Bluebird0020 · 11-02-2009, 01:32 PM

Hey folks,

First off, I'm not too computer savvy, so you'll have to excuse me if this problem is fairly obvious and I'm just missing the answer.

For starters, my computer has been having problems that are just....I can't even begin to explain. I don't even know. My friends think its a harddrive issue, regardless, they're working on it for me, and in the meantime they let me borrow another one of theirs which is now having some odd issue that I haven't encountered before.

Whenever I booted it up at first, the fan immediately kicked into overdrive and the computer tower itself began emitting this loud series of beeps. I kept rebooting it until I was able to actually use it. It took a while but it finally was working fine.

I was moving some stuff around while I was chatting, and this box fell and hit the ground beside the tower, and it reverted back to the loud fan and beeps again. Since then I've tried rebooting it, and it will load just fine but it will lock up my mouse and keyboard, making the computer pretty much unusable.

I brought the mouse and keyboard to this computer to make sure they weren't broken and it worked just fine. So for some reason that one is locking them up and it just doesn't make any sense to me.

This is excruciatingly frustrating. Help?

**Tyree** · 11-02-2009, 03:43 PM

It's possible something got jarred loose in the PC when it was being moved. I would suggest removing the side panel and checking the wiring connections and reseating the RAM and any other cards that are installed.
PC beeps are emitted in a series corresponding to different problems.
Counting the beeps can also be helpful.
Bios Beep Codes: http://www.5starsupport.com/info/beep_codes.htm

Bluebird0020 · 11-02-2009, 05:16 PM

Hard to tell, it's not beeping anymore. It just boots up like normal except that it locks my mouse/keyboard.

I tested them on another computer just to make sure they weren't broken and they functioned fine. I even tapped F2 on the bootup to go into the setup and make sure that the computer just wasn't reading them. Once in the setup menu, I could use the keyboard just dandy, but once I exited it, it'd load into windows and lock out the keyboard/mouse controls.

So, I know it's reading it. There's just something telling it to not let them function and it makes absolutely no sense to me because I didn't change anything at all. What a headache.

Bluebird0020 · 11-02-2009, 07:19 PM

You know, now that I think about it, since this problem started only a few hours after the computer was given to me, I haven't put much of anything on there, nothing that'd be missed if I lost it anyway.

Could this be fixed if I reformatted the computer?

Dogg · 11-07-2009, 06:55 AM

What exactly are the symptoms? Does the PC boot properly? Does it get all of the way into Windows?

Bluebird0020 · 11-08-2009, 12:04 AM

Yeah. Windows loads fine, it's just that once I'm in I can't use the mouse or keyboard. Dunno how else to say it.

Dogg · 11-20-2009, 04:07 PM

Not working is different than being locked up, that's why I asked.

So they work if you boot into Safe Mode? You could try booting from your XP CD and performing a Repair.

11-02-2009, 01:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bluebird0020 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Mouse and Keyboard locking up Hey folks, First off, I'm not too computer savvy, so you'll have to excuse me if this problem is fairly obvious and I'm just missing the answer. For starters, my computer has been having problems that are just....I can't even begin to explain. I don't even know. My friends think its a harddrive issue, regardless, they're working on it for me, and in the meantime they let me borrow another one of theirs which is now having some odd issue that I haven't encountered before. Whenever I booted it up at first, the fan immediately kicked into overdrive and the computer tower itself began emitting this loud series of beeps. I kept rebooting it until I was able to actually use it. It took a while but it finally was working fine. I was moving some stuff around while I was chatting, and this box fell and hit the ground beside the tower, and it reverted back to the loud fan and beeps again. Since then I've tried rebooting it, and it will load just fine but it will lock up my mouse and keyboard, making the computer pretty much unusable. I brought the mouse and keyboard to this computer to make sure they weren't broken and it worked just fine. So for some reason that one is locking them up and it just doesn't make any sense to me. This is excruciatingly frustrating. Help?

11-02-2009, 03:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,356 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Mouse and Keyboard locking up It's possible something got jarred loose in the PC when it was being moved. I would suggest removing the side panel and checking the wiring connections and reseating the RAM and any other cards that are installed. PC beeps are emitted in a series corresponding to different problems. Counting the beeps can also be helpful. Bios Beep Codes: http://www.5starsupport.com/info/beep_codes.htm __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

11-02-2009, 05:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bluebird0020 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Re: Mouse and Keyboard locking up Hard to tell, it's not beeping anymore. It just boots up like normal except that it locks my mouse/keyboard. I tested them on another computer just to make sure they weren't broken and they functioned fine. I even tapped F2 on the bootup to go into the setup and make sure that the computer just wasn't reading them. Once in the setup menu, I could use the keyboard just dandy, but once I exited it, it'd load into windows and lock out the keyboard/mouse controls. So, I know it's reading it. There's just something telling it to not let them function and it makes absolutely no sense to me because I didn't change anything at all. What a headache.

11-02-2009, 07:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bluebird0020 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Re: Mouse and Keyboard locking up You know, now that I think about it, since this problem started only a few hours after the computer was given to me, I haven't put much of anything on there, nothing that'd be missed if I lost it anyway. Could this be fixed if I reformatted the computer?

11-07-2009, 06:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: Mouse and Keyboard locking up What exactly are the symptoms? Does the PC boot properly? Does it get all of the way into Windows? __________________ Google is your friend !

11-08-2009, 12:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bluebird0020 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Re: Mouse and Keyboard locking up Yeah. Windows loads fine, it's just that once I'm in I can't use the mouse or keyboard. Dunno how else to say it.

11-20-2009, 04:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: Mouse and Keyboard locking up Not working is different than being locked up, that's why I asked. So they work if you boot into Safe Mode? You could try booting from your XP CD and performing a Repair. __________________ Google is your friend !