i put this here because im not sure if its hardware or software or distro related mostly
maybe someone could help me?

this is my problem
i want to install linux on my laptop but whenever i run linux after a given time the keyboard just stops reacting.

i tried:

hitting some keys for keyboard initialization at bios loading time
hitting shift+f1 at bios loading
hitting sysrq at bios loading
hitting sysrq at hang time to re initialize the keyboard
smash my keyboard out of anger (gently ofcourse)

my system:

acer 5024 wlmi
1.8ghz turion 64
512ram
128 ati x700
80gig 4200 hd

distro's tried (all the same problem):
fedora core (3 , 4 and 5)
slackware (9.1, 10, 10.1, 10.2)
ubuntu
kubuntu
red hat
mandriva
suse
gentoo (couldnt finish installation)
knoppix(live cd)


i also tried linux from scratch but their distributed cd for installation had the same problem.

as you can figure out its upsetting me big time

could someone pleeeeeaaasssse help me?

oke nvm i found the reason i have amd64 like cpu and with ubuntu 64 it worx finally