Right in the middle of working, the keyboard just stopped taking input. Restarting doesn’t correct the problem, and in fact now keeps me from even logging in past the start screen. Any ideas what ight cause this? It’s a Dell running XP.
Thanks in advance.
WAG: One of the keys is stuck in the down position. What was the last working key you pressed?
Try booting it up and jumping to BIOS setup before the OS loads, to see if they keys will work.
Are there indicators for Caps Lock etc? Do they do anything when you press the relevant control key?
Most laptops have either a USB slot or a PS/2 keyboard slot. You might try plugging in an external keyboard and see if that works. Unfortunately, I think the most likely cause of your problem is that your keyboard controller gave up his ghost.