i had RECENTLY built a new computer.  after installing windows 7 everything was fine, except for during post it'd say 'no keyboard deteced'.  which it wasn't detecting it because i couldnt acess bios during this.  once i came to the windows log in screen, it was then reading the keyboard.

a few days ago i had a power outage during a thunderstorm and now a screen appears when turning on my computer giving me 2 options somehwat like 'continue start up' and 'enter a set up'.  these are extremely general ideas of what it says but its not the usual 'start windows normally' screen.  i would look but i'm currently at work since i cannot access the internet at home lol. 

the problem with this screen appearing is that since it is not detecting my keyboard at post, i have no where else to go.  i've tried every usb port, as well as a ps/2 keyboard. 

i either a. need to figure out how to get PAST this screen or not have it appear at all or b. figure out how to get it to detect my keyboard.

if you have any suggestions or info i'd highly appreciate the help.

thanks.TRY another keyboard...PS2 if POSSIBLE.i mentioned that i did.  someone from another site suggested doing a cmos restart.  i tried that last night and got nothing.  unless i did it wrong lol.  if thats possible.  unplugged power, popped out the battery, waited 30 min, popped it back in.If you recently made changes or added any hardware, try removing it and to other external devices with keyboard only hooked up. You could also try reseating all hardware components(RAM, Cards, cable/power CONNECTIONS)