New Gateway's and USB Keyboards

I'm thinking of getting another keyboard to replace the default one that
comes with the FX530 after I buy it. I normally buy PS/2 connected keyboards
but I like a certain USB cabled one. I don't know if today's computers are
yet able to recognize USB keyboards during bootup to get to the computer
setup bios before Windows starts? I guess if not I can always have the
default GW keyboard on standby if I ever need to do that.

Yes. Definitely. Some newer computers do not have PS/2 ports. USB keyboards
began to work well back in the Pentium 3 days... Ben Myers

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:50:35 -0400, "Ikaros" <> wrote:

>I'm thinking of getting another keyboard to replace the default one that
>comes with the FX530 after I buy it. I normally buy PS/2 connected keyboards
>but I like a certain USB cabled one. I don't know if today's computers are
>yet able to recognize USB keyboards during bootup to get to the computer
>setup bios before Windows starts? I guess if not I can always have the
>default GW keyboard on standby if I ever need to do that.
>

Thanks Ben. Wasn't sure if new motherboards/bios had native support for USB
keyboards yet - before booting into Windows and getting USB support from
there. Good to hear that.

"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yes. Definitely. Some newer computers do not have PS/2 ports. USB
> keyboards
> began to work well back in the Pentium 3 days... Ben Myers
>
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:50:35 -0400, "Ikaros" <>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm thinking of getting another keyboard to replace the default one that
>>comes with the FX530 after I buy it. I normally buy PS/2 connected
>>keyboards
>>but I like a certain USB cabled one. I don't know if today's computers are
>>yet able to recognize USB keyboards during bootup to get to the computer
>>setup bios before Windows starts? I guess if not I can always have the
>>default GW keyboard on standby if I ever need to do that.
>>

And those oldies that won't kick in the USB keyboard on boot, will if
you use one of those PS2 to USB adaptors.

--
Bill

"Ikaros" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks Ben. Wasn't sure if new motherboards/bios had native support
> for USB keyboards yet - before booting into Windows and getting USB
> support from there. Good to hear that.
>
> "Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Yes. Definitely. Some newer computers do not have PS/2 ports. USB
>> keyboards
>> began to work well back in the Pentium 3 days... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:50:35 -0400, "Ikaros" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm thinking of getting another keyboard to replace the default one
>>> that comes with the FX530 after I buy it. I normally buy PS/2
>>> connected keyboards
>>> but I like a certain USB cabled one. I don't know if today's
>>> computers are yet able to recognize USB keyboards during bootup to
>>> get to the computer setup bios before Windows starts? I guess if
>>> not I can always have the default GW keyboard on standby if I ever
>>> need to do that.