Windows Budget rebuild - Vista not detecting mouse or keyboard when installing

Finally got around to fixing my pc (wife threatening to remove it from the living room to make space for baby things). All going well until i get to installing vista. Mouse and keyboard working fine in BIOS but when i get to the install screen for vista to simply pick language time etc neither work.

Help! The wife threat is looming over me!!!

 

USB K/B & Mouse?

Can you try the an old school beyboard with a PS/2 connector if your motherboard supprots it?

 

What motherboard are you using?

are the USB keyboard and mouse settings enabled in the bios?

 

you have to wait for windows to find usb k/boards and mice, ps2 ones work out the box

 

Really? My mx518 is connected through usb and works fine through the windows installation.

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it seems to vary from machine to machine, i think it depends on the usb controller on the board, some work straight away, some take a while

 

Could be, my mouse is slow of the slowest once i setup the drivers but during windows install its really fast.

+ keyboard should work surely, as they never need a driver.

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Thanks folks will hunt down an old keyboard today.

 

Managed to get vista installed using an old school keyboard. still no usb mouse keyboard functionality.

Motherboard is gigabyte Z77X-D3H
Processor I5 3550
8gig RAM
128 SSD HD

Any ideas? Wife is openly mocking me!

 

Sorted. had them plugged into usb 3 slots.

 

you silly spanner, I'm surprised you had the balls to post that. lol!

Good luck with the rest!