[SOLVED] Keyboard not responding in Grub

I installed Archlinux and everything works fine except that the keyboard has stopped working after booting up. I cannot go in bios setup and cannot select OS from boot loader screen unless the Arch Linux (which is my default OS) starts loading. After loading Arch my keyboard works fine even in commandline mode.
I am using Logitech k120 USB keyboard and I have turned on my USB legacy mode in bios setup. I would like to add that the keyboard was working fine even after installing Arch linux. I was able to select OS from the boot loader screen until few days back it stopped responding suddenly.
Your kind suggestion would be most beneficial.
Last edited by bigshotjeev (2012-06-17 12:45:09)

Ok I solved the problem.
The first thing I did was to remove the cmos battery and put it back in. Then I booted again and it gave me an info screen to press F1 to enter bios setting and change the system date and time. Somehow I was able to enter the bios settings after pressing Del and F1 repeatedly during rebooting (it took few reboots to get me in). Once inside the bios setting I changed the system date and time and then entered the USB configuration. My USB legacy support was set to 'Auto'. I remember switching it to 'Enabled' previously. Somehow it was switched back to Auto. So I changed it to Enabled and everything went running smoothly. I can now enter bios settings and also choose OS from the Grub OS list.
Anyways thanks guys for your suggestions.

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