Windows 7 - Why do I need a SERIAL keyboard during Windows Installation?

Asked By Kansenji

06-Nov-09 07:43 PM

When I installed & re-installed Windows XP, I inserted a floppy disk
containing the RAID drivers as requested & was told to "press any key" to
continue. I discovered that my USB keyboard (& mouse) would not operate
before windows installation & had to find an old "serial" keyboard just so
that my key press worked (and the RAID drivers installed).

Is there any way of avoiding having to swap keyboards from USB to serial? Is
there a setting in the Amibios that will allow the USB keyboard to work to
install the RAID drivers?

I am about to do a fresh install of Windows 7 and want to be prepared.

06-Nov-09 08:13 PM

Most BIOS nowadays have a setting where you activate Legacy USB support for
the keyboard
check yours

peter

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09-Nov-09 07:35 PM

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FYI:  Keyboards were never "serial."  The standard keyboard was using
a PS/2 type of connection.  Your PC's BIOS must not be set up
correctly to use the now more common USB keyboards.

21-Nov-09 04:34 PM

Hello, you do not need a keyboard at all really. You can use the "On Screen
Keyboard" during the installation process.

21-Nov-09 10:34 PM

It help to Know the KIND of Computer you have.

YES Start with the old "serial" keyboard
Dell is Push KEY Delete
HP is Push KEY Delete
were you Power Up Computer you have 5 sec to PUSH KEY
to get Computer setup
If you see keyboard Error Put KEY it over
if  Computer setup do start you PUSH KEYS Ctrl+Delete
when The Computer  Restart have 5 sec to PUSH KEY Compaq Push KEY  F10  Dell
is Push KEY Delete HP is Push KEY Delete
you have to get in the Computer setup utility to set up USB support to use
your USB keyboard

21-Nov-09 10:56 PM

YES
Start with the old "serial" keyboard
Dell is Push KEY Delete
HP is Push KEY Delete
were you Power Up Computer you have 5 sec to PUSH KEY
to get Computer setup
If you see keyboard Error Put KEY it over
if  Computer setup do not start you PUSH KEYS Ctrl+Delete
when The Computer  Restart have 5 sec to PUSH KEY Compaq Push KEY  F10  Dell
is Push KEY Delete HP is Push KEY Delete
you have to get in the Computer setup utility to set up USB support to use
your USB keyboard

22-Nov-09 05:52 PM

Further to the suggestions made by "Hot-text", I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic
desktop PC and to get the USB keyboard to work in the "text-based" areas of Windows
(i.e: Startup-menu, Recovery Console or Window's "clean"  installation) it was
necessary to choose an option in the BIOS under "Advanced" > "Peripherals" named :

Whereas, I do not think that the item you require in the BIOS will be in exactly the
same place on the menus or have exactly the same name as the one I needed to change,
I DO think it will be called something quite similar to : "Enable USB legacy
support"...

Another point I should mention; the USB keyboard IS recognised by the BIOS on my PC
but need to set the "Enable USB legacy support" option to allow the keyboard to
function in the "startup menu" [F8] and other text-based areas of Windows.

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Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)

23-Nov-09 02:54 PM

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/retailing/support/drivers/opos/
Known Issues

Under certain Windows XP environments the 133PQ Keyboard is not enumerated
correctly during installation on the TeamPoS 2000 resulting in some of the
Keyboard functionality (e.g., the MSR) being non-operational under OPOS. To
resolve this issue, the BIOS Setup setting for ACPI should be set to
Enabled - PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM to
permit the correct enumeration of the keyboard device and proper operations.

For an installation where the BIOS Setting for ACPI was set to Disabled
during Windows XP installation, Microsoft has provided a work-around for
this issue - that involves the disabling of TermDD.sys - in the form of a
registry change as follows:

Under the registry key:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermDD

Set the "Start" key value to be "4" then reboot the system.


Need More Info <<<
Fujitsu
Contact Technical Support
Remote Technical Assistance
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/telecom/services-support/contact.html

25-Nov-09 01:38 AM

Hot-text,
I mentioned my experiences with my fujitsu-siemens PC and USB
keyboard, purely because it was another example where enabling of  USB support
feature in the BIOS settings was needed before the keyboard would function correctly
in pre-windows text-based environments (such as the OS choices menu, the [F8]
Startup-menu, the Recovery Console and starting with a MS-DOS boot disk).

I sincerely doubt that the installation of the (OPOS) Support software, you
mentioned, would make any difference to the current setup of my PC.

This is because of the type of pre-windows environments that the keyboard needed the

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Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)