Sony vaio keyboard problem?

Hi i have a sony vaio vgn-fs315E. I brought it as spares or repairs. i got a xp home disk to install a new operating system.

When i put the disk in and start up the comp everything goes fine untill it says "press any key to install from disk" or whatever it says. So i press any key but nothing happens. I tried like every key on the keyboard but it just dont want to register that i have pressed a key.

Do you think this is a keyboard problem or something more serious?

thanks for your advise.

 

It could be either... or both. It could be an issue of a bad keyboard which is a relatively cheap and easy fix (by you even); or it could be a problem with the motherboard, which is expensive and possibly impossible to fix. If you plug in an external keyboard are you able to get it to work?

 

hi thanks for the reply. i dont have another external keyboard which will fit into the laptop.

 

I think your priority would be to get the OS running to see if that would shed some light on your situation. Keyboards are cheap, you can find them for $5 if you look a bit. I would try to get XP running first.

 

Yes thats what im trying to do but i cant get xp running unless i can press the keys to get the installation started. guess il just have to look out for a sony vaio keyboard on ebay or something then see what happends.

 

if possible, take the hdd out of the vaio and wipe it on another pc ( with a usb to sata convertor, then you won't have the press any key message and it will boot straight from the cd.

good luck

 

ah good idea Psyloid i will give it a go

i will let you know how it goes.

thanks