Dell XPS One Desktop A2010 keyboard is lost and i managed to disable usb ports in bios beforere rebooting, Now any usb keyboard or mouse dosn't work. What am i to do?

Vince Geli

• 13 Answers
• Posted on Oct 20, 2009

SOURCE: my usb ports dont work on my dell inspiron 530s,

Hi there.. i just got the same scenario when i reformatted mine.

Here's how i solved it:

1 - im using winxp and used restore cd to format it then i install winxp sp3 patch.
2 - download and install latest drivers of my devices from website.
3 - install anti-virus and other software. good to go.

SOURCE: Unmountable boot volume or do I need another hard drive ?

Start machine press F8 repeatedly
If it lets you into Safe Mode then go to Programs, Accesories, System Tools, System Restore and try to roll the machine back a week or so
If that does not work you need to find a buddy with a copy of the software and reinstall providing your machine has the Windows sticker on the back or sides giving you the key code

SOURCE: Keyboard error

have you tried it in a different usb port. or are all the ports not working. Because Dell usb ports have drivers and if the drivers don't work then neither is your keyboard and mouse
Go here and use the 6th one down

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=usb+drivers+&cat=sup&x=14&y=9

SOURCE: USB Keyboard and mouse wont work with PS2 KVM with adapter

Don't use USB-PS2 adapters if the keyboard/mouse doesn't support such adapters. They aren't universal, they work only with some "smart" (or chinese) keyboards that can detect the connection type and switch between USB and PS/2.

SOURCE: Dell Optiplex gx260 Keyboard Does Not

Under BIOS setup, turn USB Emulation on. I had the same problem. Turning the USB Emulation on fixed my problem.