Originally posted by: FlyingPenguin
You sure it's in the keyboard PS/2 socket and not the mouse PS/2 socket (both round - both identical)?
Have you tried another keyboard yet?
It's fairly common for the keyboard PS/2 socket to break loose one of it's connections to the mobo. I see it all the time on service calls. If that's happened your only recourse would be to buy a USB keyboard. Most motherboards made in the last 4 years support USB keyboards. The only hassle you might run into, however, is that Legacy USB Keyboard support might NOT be enabled in BIOS. If it's not, then you're up the creek since you won't be able to make any changes to BIOS without a PS/2 keyboard.
Hope this helps...
first of flyingpenguin, I would like to thank you for helping me.
I switched the mouse and keyboard locations thinking maybe the I/O port had wrong icons, however there still was no keyboard response.
I know the keyboard is funciontional because Im using it now lol on my old computer.
I just looked at the mobo and the the socket doesn't look to have broken loose.
My next move, unless I can recieve a solution online, is to call DFI (mobo manufacturer) and see what they know.
thanks again