Boot up error: Press F1 to resume

Hi
When er reboot I get :
"PS2 Keyboard Connected Incorrectly
Press F1 to resume"
I press F1 and it starts up and everything works fine!
When I make a cold start-up I get no errors!
The keyboard works fine. Ttried with another keyboard - same error.
I think it must be a hardware failure?
MSI KT3 Ultra2 (Via KT333)
BIOS V5.5 (newest)

Hmmmm, tried it - didn't work.
I have come a litle closer - the problem only occur when I reboot from W2K.
W2K must make some temporary changes i BIOS which stays until at shotdown completely. Even using the reset button is not enough
When I reboot from DOS no problem (Well, as long as I haven't rebooted from W2K before).
Running:
W2K SP3
VIA4in1 newest (except the IDE driver).
I use VIA's IDE MiniPort driver instead.

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    When I try to use boot camp assistant to install I get a "No bootable device. Insert boot disk and press any key" error after the step where it partitions your HDD you. Also, my option to create an install USB via boot camp assistant is greyed out and unavailable for clicking.
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