Wireless USB keyboard - BIOS

For some reason I am unable to boot to the BIOS or interact with my PC until
the GUI kicks in. I cannot choose between profiles, I cannot "Press any key
to boot from CD", etc. Dell says a usb keyboard cannot be used in this way.
I'm near positive that I've been able to do this in the past... I was ready
to give up on this, but I have this nagging feeling. So if anyone knows
difinitively - can a usb wireless keyboard be used to edit the BIOS or is a
PS/2 keyboard required?

Thanks.
Brad Voltero

If your bios has legacy USB support for keyboards, enabling it *should*
allow it to work in the manner that you want.

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Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

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"bvoltero" wrote in message
...
For some reason I am unable to boot to the BIOS or interact with my PC
until
the GUI kicks in. I cannot choose between profiles, I cannot "Press any
key
to boot from CD", etc. Dell says a usb keyboard cannot be used in this
way.
I'm near positive that I've been able to do this in the past... I was
ready
to give up on this, but I have this nagging feeling. So if anyone knows
difinitively - can a usb wireless keyboard be used to edit the BIOS or is
a
PS/2 keyboard required?

Thanks.
Brad Voltero

I remeber a "legacy USB support" setting in my BIOS. I'll need to use a PS/2
keyboard to get there and ensure that I have that setting switched on...
thanks.

"Jason Tsang" wrote:

If your bios has legacy USB support for keyboards, enabling it *should*
allow it to work in the manner that you want.

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"bvoltero" wrote in message
...
For some reason I am unable to boot to the BIOS or interact with my PC
until
the GUI kicks in. I cannot choose between profiles, I cannot "Press any
key
to boot from CD", etc. Dell says a usb keyboard cannot be used in this
way.
I'm near positive that I've been able to do this in the past... I was
ready
to give up on this, but I have this nagging feeling. So if anyone knows
difinitively - can a usb wireless keyboard be used to edit the BIOS or is
a
PS/2 keyboard required?

Thanks.
Brad Voltero