Originally posted by Savaric
The keyboard that stopped working had a usb connection. The other one, the one I'm using now, has the PS/2 connection. When I read that a week ago I thought you were talking about a "playstation 2" keyboard, lol. Seriously...

So the old dell keyboard with the PS/2 connector works just fine now. I should have had it plugged in when I turned the computer on, because I don't think it recognizes it otherwise. So it's the keyboard that went.

I had no idea about that onscreen keyboard Khaosai. It works awesome and a nice thing to know.
Could be any sort of USB problem then. Would need more thorough diagnosis. And yes, PS2 kbd = boot with it.

Onscreen kbd is a handy thing too. In XP: Start, Programs, Accessories, Accessability. Probably in a similar place in other Windowses.