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I have a problem with a computer at the moment. It has an error message that contains the words IDE and 80 but I looked it up on google and I'm pretty sure it's not what google says it is.

After looking at the error I find out this computer's keyboard and mouse is not working. What could be the problem with the keyboard and the mouse? There are no lights on either and if I press any of the keys on the keyboard it doesn't work.

The power supply seems fine, as the computer boots and gets into windows, but I can't seem to find the source of the problem.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[font=\"Courier\"][color=\"teal\"]are both your keyboard and mouse supported by windowsXP?
maybe your keyboard and mouse need a seperate power supply?
if you have any other operating systems installed, maybe test the compatibility with that, that will at least let you know if its a compatibility problem with winXP[/color][/font]

[color=\"green\"]are they plugged in correctly??

ok...next step..right click on My Computer, Properties> Hardware tab, Device Manager>Mice and Other Pointing Devices...and the Keyboards one..expand those categories, check to see that the little icons next to the labels dont have a yellow ! or a red..something next to them..if so, right click>properties, follow the steps...


and err... IDE 80 should be a hard drive error ...or at least a floppy or cd-rom... seeing as they are run from IDE leads... o.0 [/color]