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| Thread ID: 21937 | 2002-07-07 22:45:00 | KEyboard Error Or Not Present | BeeeeF (914) | Press F1 |
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| 60612 | 2002-07-07 22:45:00 | hello, my Genius keyboard is quite new and it has to connect to the computer by the way of a switcher. from the big plug to ps2. and often when i shut down the computer and then start it up again it says Error No Keyboard Present. Usually I can take the ps2 connection out, reset it. then put it back in and then it works after a reset. but this time. i had to get my old keyboard out ( im typin on it now ) that has to still go through switcher but it worked. is there something wrong with my BIOS? i believe it is V 6.00 Bios Guardian i enabled. an all. please help me. this keyboard is extremely sticky that i am typin on ( food ) ta Gary |
BeeeeF (914) | ||
| 60613 | 2002-07-07 22:58:00 | It may be a hardware fault with the keyboard, try changing it for another at the store you got it from. | Sam H (525) | ||
| 60614 | 2002-07-07 23:48:00 | with some keyboards the ps2 adapters don't always work. at $25 for a keyboard why not just buy a ps2 one? | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 60615 | 2002-07-08 00:05:00 | > with some keyboards the ps2 adapters don't always > work. at $25 for a keyboard why not just buy a ps2 > one? takes all the fun out of trying to make it go :( but i do agree, buy the new one |
mutts (790) | ||
| 60616 | 2002-07-08 00:54:00 | Hi BeeeeF At last, a fellow sufferer! I use a range of older but high quality keyboards (IBM, Wang, Digital etc)because I like the mechanical key action, and on both Win98 and Win2K computers I occasionally get a keyboard recognition error . Unplugging and replugging the keyboard plus a reboot fixes it (rebooting without unplugging doesn't) and then I will have no problems for days/weeks . The only cause I have ever located was on my Win98 machine . When that one started to give keyboard errors more often than not, I found the CMOS battery was low and a replacement cured it . If your clock is losing time, check or replace the battery and see if that helps . There is no good reason that I can think of for why this should affect what happens at the instant of power-up, but there you are, it certainly did . I don't think the ps2 adapter is the problem, there is no logical reaon why a plug-to-plug adapter would do that, so if the battery isn't the answer, try the following sequence and see if it lets the keyboard start up: Turn the computer off completely, wait a few seconds then switch on again . Immediately after switching on, unplug the keyboard then replug it in again . This action has to be completed before POST looks for the keyboard . It sounds like you are already doing this, but sometimes it has to be done twice and the timing is important . I unplug immediately after switch-on then replug after 2-3 seconds . Too quick and the lockout may continue, too slow and the keyboard isn't detected . If nothing else helps, you might have to consider the possibility that your keyboard is actually faulty and a warranty replacement is in order! In my circumstances, I have noted with certain keyboards that when the error notice is present, the keyboard lights for Num, Caps & Scroll Lock are all on and cannot be toggled off . The lockout occurs at the instant of switch-on, well before the POST sequence or any boot activities so I have more or less accepted that it is related to the way in which the power supply boots up and the low voltage rails ramp up . I am not going to givup my favourite keyboards so if the problem ever becomes annoying I will build a keyboard power-interface box that will delay the supply of power to the keyboard until POST has started . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 60617 | 2002-07-08 01:40:00 | thanks man. that helped. back on my Genius keyboard. smooth as a possum. | BeeeeF (914) | ||
| 60618 | 2002-07-08 02:30:00 | Hey . . . . . That's great! It's always good to know when Press F1 scores a hit . Was it the unplug-reboot routine that fixed it? Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 60619 | 2002-07-08 03:53:00 | >smooth as a possum . ?:| i hope thats as smooth as a possum thats just been run over with a rally car B-) (we just love possums so much *cough* :^O ) |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 60620 | 2002-07-08 04:14:00 | Our possums are not smooth, they have lots of real sharp bits on them. | godfather (25) | ||
| 60621 | 2002-07-08 07:18:00 | Possums are evil (Bourne being the exception) | -=JM=- (16) | ||
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