KB Problems

this is a setting in your BIOS. when you boot up, watch the black screen for something like, 'press Del to enter setup'. once you are there, look for Startup options. you'll see NumLock 'on' i bet. toggle it to off (read the bottom of the screen forinstructions on how to change the value). then pick Exit saving changes and you should be all set...

However if you want it to boot w/ the NumLock status in the on condition, you can simply just press the NumLock key to turn it off either before or after shutting down. It being on is just showing that the computer still has power going to it. If you shut off the power strip that I will assume you have or a switch on the rear of the power supply (if there is one), you will find the light goes out.

I assume that you are referring to the Numlock LED on the keyboard.

A PC with an ATX style motherboard and power supply is NEVER fully off unless you physically un-plug it, or switch off the AC power.

The front panel switch simply signals the motherboard to tell the power supply to turn on the computer.

What you have happening is related to the 'free' night-light that some users get when they install an optical mouse.
Your PC never shuts off the 5 Volt power on the PS/2 or USB port.
This is left on to support wake on lan, and wake on keyboard functions.

Having the lights on the keyboard stay on is part of the 'normal' consequences of the wake-on- functions.

If the LED bothers you, you can try disabling the Wake-On functions in BIOS settings, or check for a jumper to disable the wake-on-keyboard function.

Chas

If your NumsLock is staying on after you power off your pc, I would suggest getting a new keyboard.

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