Solved I just happened to uninstall every single hardware driver.

maxxxxxxxx

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Today I had decided to uninstall my current AMD Catalyst driver, which was the 14.4 Release Candidate driver, and I looked up a guide on how to do it. I found a result for using the AMD Uninstall Utility to remove the graphics driver, and although that seemed to have worked fine, it also uninstalled every single driver I had, most importantly all USB drivers. Guess what that means? I can't use my mouse or keyboard (or any USB device for that matter)! So, for the last 3 hours or so, I've been switching USB ports, I've been rebooting my PC, trying to access HP's stock Recovery or BIOS, but mashing F8, F10, Escape, Delete or any other possible key on startup didn't help at all. So, now I'm stuck here writing about this because a few Google searches or asking a few friends didn't work (in fact one friend even referred me to this forum). Also, I typed this all from my tablet which has a detachable keyboard, in case you thought "how the hell is he doing this without a keyboard?".

Incase you wanted to know anything spec wise, you could check here:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pavilion-desktop-amd-a8-series-8gb-memory-2tb-hard-drive/3199341.p?id=1219088675337&skuId=3199341&st=categoryid$pcmcat212600050008&cp=1&lp=2

I haven't modified the hardware at all, so this should be good enough (sorry I can't recall specs :|).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
[DEL]Did you try F11(System Recovery)?[/DEL]

Dumb question, I know!
Wouldn't happen to be a touch screen?
(now I'm grasping...)
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion
  • PC2
    Tablet - Windows 10 Home
lol ask anything you feel like, I don't mind.
to answer your two questions (I know it's crossed out but I'll answer anyway):
  • Yes, I have tried F11. ;/
  • Nope, not a touch screen.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Can't easily find on that link but does computer have PS2 connectors for keyboard and mouse ? That should override USB and you'll be able to install new drivers.
But first, turn computer on without KB and mouse and after system fully boots connect them one by one to different USB ports.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
Well, no. There are no PS/2 ports.
And, so I did what you said and turned on my PC without any USB devices plugged in, then let it boot entirely, and plugged in the keyboard and mouse, however they still don't work (if that was the goal from that), so, now what?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
If you have windows disk you can try to do repair from there. If you can get into the BIOS at least. Are Kb and mouse vired ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
I didn't have any success getting into the BIOS, but the mouse and keyboard are wireless.
That looks like the problem, you should try with wired ones. Many do not get to work until drivers kick in.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
When I boot up the monitor does not recieve an input signal until Windows starts, unfortunately.
Otherwise I'd be able to access recovery/BIOS. For MSI motherboards, I believe the access key is delete?
It doesn't even work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
I don't know any more, that's why I hate those ready made machines, always have to be "special". Maybe BIOS reset is in order.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
A custom built PC is much easier to use, because you know it entirely. I know how you feel about factory built PCs. ;/
However, the biggest problem I have is that the monitor does not have a signal during boot sequence. If I could get that out
of the way, I could restore back to a certain date, like 2 days ago or something and then figure it out from there.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
A custom built PC is much easier to use, because you know it entirely. I know how you feel about factory built PCs. ;/
However, the biggest problem I have is that the monitor does not have a signal during boot sequence. If I could get that out
of the way, I could restore back to a certain date, like 2 days ago or something and then figure it out from there.
Don't know how could that be unless it has UEFI bios with fast or ultra fast boot set. Look at the manual, must be some key or combination that lets you boot into legacy BIOS. Otherwise all that's left is to hard reset BIOS and start from the beginning. Must have a display to work by.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
Welp, solved my monitor problem. Going off of VGA instead of DVI :)
Now onto the driver problem. Got it to boot into startup repair, or what I believe is startup repair

Also restoring to a backup, just didn't know how to get into the startup repair. I think I did it. :eek:

And now I just got an error (0x800703f1). Nice. .-.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Why don't you just download and install drivers ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
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