"Maurice Batey" <maurice@bcs.removethis.org.uk> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.08.29.18.26.25.243690@bcs.removethis .org.uk...
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:35:00 -0500, Ken Maltby wrote:
>
>> Try replacing your keyboard
>
> Even if most lockups occurred during mouse-only op's?
>
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> Maurice
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I must have missed where you mentioned that, earlier.

It wouldn't matter anyway. There are checks and options
that involve startup that both the BIOS and the OS do
with the keyboard interface. These are mostly hardware
checks but they are controlled by both firmware (CMOS)
and software. There are similar startup related issues
for the Ethernet adapters.

Luck;
Ken