MS Wireless keyboard 2000 & Entering BIOS access

This keyboard is not allowing access to the BIOS setup screen on my system. The MSI motherboard BIOS is compatible with USB keyboards to allow access, but I am wondering what I must change in the BIOS to have this MS keyboard able to be recognized by pre
BIOS screen so that the DEL key opens the BIOS. The keyboard does not seem to be available to open the F8 safe mode screen list either. Which is related to boot up hardware list access I'm sure
Am I going to have to borrow a PS/2 board and connect it to my machine and go into the BIOS and look for an option generally called Legacy USB support  to allow this Wireless USB keyboard to work in the BIOS screen, as well as open a BIOS and safe mode
screen.
Strange Device Manager connection related possibly to above.
I also have a strange device manager issue with the mouse and keyboard devices. After opening device manager, I choose show hidden devices and in the mouse and keyboard devices I keep getting a return device installation from a Standard PS/2 Keyboard &
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse. Though I have never had these 2 devices because I always have used USB, but they keep returning with yellow exclaimation icons and the error code...
This device is not present, is not working properly, or does not have all its drivers installed. (Code 24)
If I uninstall them both, they re-return, once I have checked to show hidden devices in view screen.
Is this occuring because the BIOS makes record of possible PS/2 devices and hands the info off to WIndows 7 which falsely adds them to device manager before installing the actual installed hardware mouse and keyboard devices. These 2 PS/2 devices that keep
returning have no effect on system and removing them does not cause either to stop working, but they should not be even awaken if there are no such device on the sysem. It keeps seeming to point me back to a setting in BIOS (which I can't access at this time)
that is possibly telling BIOS to make a spot for the devices and Windows 7 op system does this without notice, but places them on the hidden devices instead of throwing out the BIOS handed over information.

Hi,
Did it work fine before? Have you tried to change another USB keyboard for test?
Yes, like you mentioned, you might need a PS/2 keyboard to get into the BIOS and enable the USB:
How do I access my computer's Setup (BIOS) and enable the USB port in Windows?
http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/10894.html
Meanwhile, remove this device and reinstall it and its driver.
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

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