Konshuss

Here is a simple test for you. Take your keyboard and mouse and attach them to a machine that is known to work properly. The operating system does not matter, only that it correctly recognises PS/2 devices.

If they don't work then they are at fault.............if they do work (as I think they will ) this tells you that the PS/2 controller/connectors on your motherboard is knackered

It is NOT your BIOS........................those problems are almost always YES/NO, it works all the time or never.

Also, you can forget about IRQ shares, that is a problem with other Windows versions sometimes, but XP handles it automatically. Once again, IRQ share problems are usually YES/NO. Anyway, all you have to do is go into device manager to see if there are any conflicts.



EDIT: It is probably a simple but delicate welding job on the PS/2 block/motherboard, but I would just take it back if the mouse and keyboard check out OK.

AND Do not try to run XP on an obsolete system like that. You will get a much better result with Windows 2000. Sure, XP will run, but with nothing like its full potential