Mass Effect 1. Finding Liara T'soni on Artemis Tau. Can't input code into mining laser to free Liara or escape location

If I remember correctly (its been a while) you need to use the arrow keys (up, down, left & right); if you're using an Xbox style game controller it may disable the keyboard.

Thanks for getting back. I have tried the arrow keys in hundreds of combinations. Nothing on the code cypher screen indicates letters just colored concentric wrings I have learned in the forums that the code to input is AXB. Can you tell me what arrow key is assigned what letter. At this point in Mass Effect I am trapped in the mines trying to rescue Liara because there is no escape from the mine

unless the correct code is entered. Please help, I do realy like this game.

thanks in advance 

The mining laser minigame should look like this on PC.

Mass Effect Wiki - Bypass

Hi, trinityfly!  If you're on the PC, you use the movement keys (W, A,S, and D by default) to input the code at the mining laser.  The "A X B Y" code you read about is for XBox.  On PC, you need to hit the down, right, up, down, right (or S, D, W, S, D) keys.  Hope that helps!

yes it does look like that, different colors but the same concentric circles.

Thanks for geting back to me. I am still on the trail of the solution and others are also helping. frustrated but hopeful

Hi, tried "down,right,up,down,right". Then I tried "(S,D,W,S,D)" Nope tried and tried. I can not figure out what I am doing wrong. Still Stuck. Any help is deeply appreciated. 

@rinityfly

When you play (normally outside of the mini-game) are you using the mouse and keyboard or are you using game controller?

Hi, thanks for getting back. I am using a keyboard and mouse (mac) playing PC game (via bootcamp) on Windows Vista.

Hi, I had a savegame at that point. I have traied to input de code. This is the code that worked for me A-S-S-S-D

Hope it's the same for you 😕mileyvery-happy:

YAYYYYYYAAYYY. Finally!! The code to the laser is randomized. What worked for me was W W W D A. Just luck to come across the right combination but I am out and on my way.

THANK YOU TO ALL FOR YOUR HELP.