Keyboard does not work when booting into XP

[potlatch]

The keyboard on my MBP is rarely recognised when I boot into XP, so I cannot even select which Windows profile I want to load.

Basically, I would say 33% of the time, the keyboard will load, but most of the time, I have to switch off and reboot at least three times until the keyboard works in DOS.

I searched the boards here, but didn't find a solution.

Is there a solution to this? What's causing it in the first place? Oh, and everything works fine in Parallels.

 

[blaster_boy]

Not too sure about the solution, but does an external keyboard work ?

 

[potlatch]

I haven't got an external keyboard, and shouldn't need one.

 

[blaster_boy]

Of course you shouldn't need one, but it might have helped you out in a spot and perhaps if you found out that it also didn't work, it might help to locate the problem...

 

[LonewolfSX]

I am having the exact same problem. I even tried re-installing the OS X driver list. my friend has a USB keyboard so I plugged it in while booting and it worked fine, but the mac keyboard doesn't work until I am in the OS, sometimes. It's not a huge thing, but it does really suck having to reboot over and over again until the keyboard works.