keyboard freezes during boot

[migamu]

Hello

I am new to using PM so maybe someone can help me out. I boot with the PM cd, and I can use my keyboard to select the options on the first screen. I select the default option and then the bootup starts. After the first two lines, it asks for selecting screen size by pressing enter or space. Once I select a screen size the bootup resumes and as soon as the PM file is found, the keyboard lights start blinking and become unresponsive. I can not input anything from my keyboard, whereas the mouse works fine. Going through the forum, I haven't found any solution. So if someone can help me out with this problem that would be great.

By the way, I am trying to rescue a Compaq Presario desktop that has missing/corrupt startup config files using PM. The keyboard and mouse are also from compaq. Also let me know if more information is required.

Thanks

[burdi01]

Dear migamu,
This is the first time ever I hear about PM asking for the screen size.
What version of PM is this? And what are those two lines?
The keyboard lights blinking indicates a so-called kernel oops (kernel failure). Such an oops indeed freezes the system.
Anyway, on the boot menu try Failsafe Menu > Failsafe Settings.
Regards, Dick

[migamu]

Thanks Dick for your suggestions. i did try the failsafe settings, but nothing worked. At the end, I just got another keyboard which uses USB and now everything is working fine. The PM version I have been using is 5.9.

Thanks Again, migamu