Keyboard issues while installing Windows XP with Bootcamp

I too am having this problem. I was using the beta 1.1 fine and uninstalled. 2.0 can not get the work through the Keyboard issue nor the format issue. Bedos locked the KB also. This KB problem is sounding like the Firmware/Bios. I updated the bios back in September but never tried this out as I did not have the 1.1/1.2 installed any longer. The current version of the Firmware is IM61.0093.B07. I was going to try an back it down to the version I had prior to Sept to no avail.

I am having the same problem after installing Leopard. Has anyone found a solution?

I have not yet. I am thinking about reseting the SMC or something like that but shutdown unplug all cables and power cord for a minute then plug the power cord back in and then the KB and try it that way. If that works I am going to add the HD's and External Burner back in the mix.

I'm on a macbook with the same problem. I've tried plugging in the apple and MS USB keyboards with no luck. I am using a regular, not beta, version of 10.5 on a clean install.

I had this running previously on Tiger 10.4.10 and the beta boot camp. Hopefully something comes out of these posts.

Just to add that this happened to me too. I had to plug in an old USB keyboard and mouse and restart the setup to get through it.

Even after I installed XP, the bluetooth keyboard disconnects at random times (when I was installing an Office product key, it would freeze if i hit Caps Lock, for example).

i install boot camp come with leopard. the wireless keyboard is always disconnected and when i use the "caps lock" key, the keyboard just doesnt work anymore. i have to pair it with the computer again. has anyone can tell me what i should do???

What I did: call apple support to tell them this is bootcamp bug which makes my wireless apple keyboard useless.

I'm starting to get really annoyed with all the bugs that have creeped into bootcamp, and leopard.


Will

You mean you ever had wireless keyboard ability to log in and it was stable under Boot Camp? I have never been able to use a wireless kb in Boot Camp/XP Pro to log on or very long after logging on without constantly re-discovering the kb.

Was the original poster talking about a wireless kb? There seem to USB issues with keyboards/devices too...

I had the same problem -- no keyboard function in the blue XP setup screens. My keyboard was plugged into a rear USB port on my Mac Pro. I got round it by plugging a second Apple keyboard into a front USB port while at the blue setup screen and that one worked! Once past the blue screens the first keyboard worked again and has carried on working fine so I unplugged the second one. Don't know why this worked, but if you've got a spare keyboard give it a go!

Now I can't install the Windows drivers from the Leopard disc -- it freezes every time part way through the installation.

Getting Windows working is a real pain in Leopard at present, nothing has gone right for me.

OK,

Reset the SMB or something like that. I can only tell from my iMac. Shutdown so it completely powers off and then unplug all cables from the back including the power cord. Wait 30 secs and plug the power cord back in then Keyboard and then all the other cables. After you power on it should take care of the Keyboard and mouse issue.


Still working on Windows issues with format but I am getting ready to try the BeeDOS solution that I have been seeing.



Tim Frazier

I had this problem with my USB keyboard and Mighty Mouse. The fix was to unplug the mouse completely after selecting 'Start the Windows Installer' under Boot Camp Assistant. Use only the keyboard to get through the Windows install and only plug the mouse back in after installing the Apple Windows drivers.

It was FreeDOS. Sorry about that. I have windows working by using the free dos to format the c drive and then reboot back into OSX 10.5 and reran the boot camp and the choose the install OS and it worked fine. I was able to install Windows and the Drivers from the DVD with no problems.


Tim Frazier

Same problem..........went back to the old keyboard and everything installed and worked fine in OS X and win-XP. swapping in the new alum keyboard the option key doesn't work during the boot select. once the machine boots to the default OS either mac or windows everything works in that OS.

Something I noticed: during the boot select.... the old keyboard gets power immediately, mouse lights up - keyboard cap-lock light is on. with the new alum keyboard the mouse and cap-lock light do not light until the default OS starts to boot with no boot select in between.

Looks like a boot camp setup doesn't know about the new keyboard even though it is recoginized by drivers in the two OS's. anyone know who to call for help at Apple?

Time to call Apple->
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306580

One thing I did find was that you need to have the mouse plugged into the right side of the keyboard. If you try to install Windows with the mouse plugged into the left side port on the keyboard, the keyboard wont work. This was very annoying, expecially since I am a lefty.