Is there any way around this keyboard problem?

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Ubuntu Version:
22.04 LTS

I was having trouble with my keyboard suddenly getting wonky and not responding. Stopping special access keys and using different ports didn’t seem to work nor did a different keyboard but the problem suddenly cleared up. But tonight suddenly when I boot up I get a message saying no keyboard found. I tried 3 keyboards and several ports. I also can’t use the keyboard to boot into bios. System starts to boot and either says it didn’t see a keyboard o to doesn’t then gives me a blinking light

I’m guessing this must be a motherboard problem? Is there any way around it?

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What you’re describing reads like a hardware issue, which cannot be solved by the software you’re running the on the machine. When your machine boots, it’s running code from its firmware which is what boot the OS (Ubuntu), so you’re issue as described is either hardware or firmware setting, both of which are specific to your unstated hardware.

This isn’t a hardware support site, but a site for Ubuntu. This question maybe closed as off-topic, as I see it as a hardware question (others may too) and not a Ubuntu problem we can help with here.

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Is there such a thing as a hardware support site?

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I’m using a Dell optiplex right now, and Dell provide Dell Support. Opening up a search engine (StartPage) and computer hardware support forums gets many results (first is a Hardware Forum).

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You might be best asking on a site setup for whatever hardware make you’re using, as we’re limited to details you provide for us.

Currently you’ve only provided a Ubuntu release (22.04) without product details (ie. Server, Desktop, a flavor etc) but what is likely important here is what make/model of machine & what level of firmware update has been applied (my prior comment said I was running a Dell Optiplex; next questions after that would be what model & what firmware update was applied for example; that is usually seen on screen at boot).