Numlock and boot problems

Ive been posting a lot about problems with booting my K7n2 delta.   One thing I noticed when my pc wont restart or wont boot from cold unless I first shut it off at the mains is that when I get the black screen (after my monitor goes to sleep) - I cannot change the numlock (which is on) - it wont respond to keystrokes (cant ctrl alt delete either).
What is this telling me about the status my pc is in - has it not initialised the keyboard?? - can I draw any conclusions from this
Yours - clutching at straws - Oz

Hi Andovers,
I dont wanna P anyone off by posting the same Q in several threads -  I just thought the numlock might indicate something different.
Just to answer your points - my Qtec say on the 12v rail - 20A peak and 14A max, peak for 3 and 5 v rails is 285w.   I know they probably are bogus numbers - so I borrowed a 400W Jeantech (the most powerful PSU I could get at short notice) and tried that last night.   No difference - also I have tried my gforce 2 in my system and got the same probs so im leaning away from the ATI issue.
I havent touched my bios - still the v5 that it came with.
Also just tried messsing round with my memory without any luck.  I have some PCI 2100 that i could shove in - samsung and some  unknown brand that came with my PC -  but i thought my corsair 2700 would work.
Thanks for the suggestions (they must be good cos i tried em all- LOL)

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