Keyboard Doesnt Work In Bios..

[Sweatnbullets]

Only the esc key works in Bios of my HP m8120n. I hit f10 and enter bios, then try to arrow down to change Disk drive settings, and nothing happens. I tried 2 styles of keyboards. I do have the original recovery disks, could I do a repair?

My Bios is from 2007 and appears to be the last one made for the motherboard... according to forums out there.  Really I dont need to change Bios settings if I could get a 2nd hard drive to just work. When I plug it in... Windows will not load, Iam stuck in the bios screen. I do have windows 7 64 bit loaded in the main drive, and works great... except for above problems I listed. I will be your friend if you can help?

[TecHnOBoY]

In some older BIOS versions you'll find an option like "USB legacy support" or similar. But you will need a PS/2 keyboard to navigate in your BIOS.

 

If you have 2 IDE drives check the jumper settings of the drives (Master, Slave, Cable Select) and be sure to wire the HDDs on the correct way. The Primary HDD with the plug at the end of you IDE cable, the the Slave with the second plug. Some IDE cables are labeled with primary and secondary.

 

Your Windows drive should be master/primary , the other slave/secondary

Edited March 21, 2013 by TecHnOBoY

[KaptCrunch]

back up data before this operation

Recovering your computer without recovery discs

You may not need recovery discs to recover the software on your computer. HP provides a recovery solution on a separate area of the hard drive. If the hard drive is still functional, you can still perform an HP system recovery from the hard drive as long as the recovery information has not been destroyed or corrupted.
To do a software recovery from the hard drive, turn on the computer and repeatedly press the F11 key until "Windows is loading files..." displays on the screen. If your computer originally came with Windows XP or earlier, press F10 to enter recovery instead of F11.

 

 hp MB is a Asus P5BW-LA

 

 

I see floppy and 4 sata + 1 sata

 

intel inf

 

ps/2 kb you tried

 

sound you may need to reflash HP's bios

[LiLDaDDy]

You could also try to remove the battery and reset the bios to default with the jumper... could resolve the keyboard problem.

 

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Doc/images/199/c00748729.jpg

 

on this photo its on the top right corner.

Edited March 22, 2013 by LiLDaDDy

[Sweatnbullets]

what do i do with the jumper on motherboard, I dont know how to jump or what pins to cross or ???  

but thanks.. your good advice will save me Big time..

[Labob]

Listen to TecHnOBoY and us an old keyboard the fastest and best way to solve this.

[Labob]

I have to remember everything when I post an answer idiot. After you get out of your bios. install your 2nd HD boot up and go into disk management. To do this click start right click on computer and select manage. on the left window look for storage and under that click Disk Management. You should then see all your stuff. Your second HD I'm guessing needs to be mounted and not like Chile on a wallmart greeter. You should just right click on th enew HD and make it active. I'm sure with this knoldge somebody who knows more can help better .

[Xtreme]

• Are you just trying to add a second hard drive while leaving the original install on the old drive? Or are you trying to install windows to the new drive?

Besides what others have mentioned about trying a PS/2 style keyboard, you might be having problems installing the OS to the new drive if it's configured to use AHCI. You'll need the AHCI drivers on a flash drive and use the "specify additional drivers" option during the OS setup......if that's your problem.

[KaptCrunch]

LaBob  is correct if new storage drive you have to let windows see it, cause it comes unformatted

 

s for reset bios  remove the silver puck in the pic @ lower right and have power cord removed also push power button after, wait for 3mins replace bat with plus side up

 

an use ps/2 keyboard

Edited March 22, 2013 by KaptCrunch

[DEEJAYKEG]

One can also get a Male PS/2 to Female USB adaptor if not desiring to buy a new keyboard.

(When this problem arose editing the BIOS of an old machine here, I had to buy a new keyboard

that came with the adaptor...)

[Sweatnbullets]

Problem Solved ! Thanks for all your help. 1 st issue, new WD hardrive was bad... exchanged it at Micro Center, the best PC store in the world. Micro Center also put the Pc on a bench and was able to manuver around in the Bios without any problems.

But If this forum isnt deleted, Remember the good advice here..... try different keyboards, Remove bios battery..hit power button. Also Swap or remove possible bad memory.

Also when installing a new hardrive , right clik on Computer, hit manage, hit Disk management, format it there, partition it if desired, or Just make it active.

[Labob]

And spank your mommas butt