Mouse, Keyboard Freeze on Lenovo 3000 Y500

Use a uSB keyboard and mouse and use the following command

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

in it edit the kernel line to
title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=2946bc29-bb7c-466c-823e-86394c27eed3 ro quiet splash fr_FR i8042.reset
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

from
title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=2946bc29-bb7c-466c-823e-86394c27eed3 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet