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Thread ID: 47634 2004-08-01 07:02:00 Compaq Dead!?!? :'( ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) Press F1
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257201 2004-08-07 03:55:00 Update: Just had a go at practically everything. Doesn't work...

We got another P200 machine, hoping that it could take over for the time being. Problem is, everything is fine, the keyboard is said to be 'having a error' or not there! It is there!, it's those big chunky round connectors, the ones that came out before PS/2. I know it's there, because it's plugged in and when ever I hit anything, it beaps loudly through the inbuilt speakers.

Any help to get either going would be much appreciated
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
257202 2004-08-07 04:02:00 If you get a beep each time you hit a key, that often indicates that the keyboard input queue is full. But a stuckdown key (the common cause of this) gives repeated beeps.;-)

Do the caps lock, num lock, scroll lock, keys toggle their leds?
Graham L (2)
257203 2004-08-07 04:14:00 Thanks for the response, nope! Nothing is stuck or broken. We've tried 3 keyboards with all the same result. No matter what key you press, it beeps. But other than that, it does nothing (cant get DEL into Bio)

Cheers,
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
257204 2004-08-07 04:19:00 Turn the keyboard over. Look for a little switch marked "AT/PC", and make sure it's in the "AT" position. Graham L (2)
257205 2004-08-07 05:01:00 Nothing like that on all my keyboards. Let me confirm.. you mean on the back of the keyboard? ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
257206 2004-08-07 05:47:00 Very early AT PC's had the changeover switch underneath the keyboard godfather (25)
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