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| 36819 | 2002-02-24 00:20:00 | 486 stops part way thru starting up with this message: KB/Interface error Press<F1> to RESUME Pressing F1 gets no response. Hitting Del as Bios begins to run has no effect either. Suggestions gratefully received. And yes I know a 486 should be being used as a sea anchor or similar but it does have some uses. |
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| 36820 | 2002-02-24 00:27:00 | Dont you love the foresight of Microsoft? Your keyboard isnt working... and all you have to do to fix it is press F1 ;-) Try a different keyboard, if that doesnt work, you will most likely have to reinstall windows to recover the interface. You can save any data that isnt backed up by connecting the HD as a slave into another machine to get access. |
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| 36821 | 2002-02-24 00:43:00 | Try replugging the keyboard in. Also look on the keyboard to see if it has switches on it that changes it from XT to AT. Otherwise try another keyboard. If both don't work it might be a destroyed keyboard controller chip. |
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| 36822 | 2002-02-24 01:38:00 | Yes. Try another keyboard - even more than one. Try also resetting BIOS to defaults. Otherwise it is possible the keyboard connector on your motherboard is faulty. This is *not* a Windows problem and a re-install will not do anything for you : as the problem is occurring at boot no operating system of any sort has even begun to start yet. | Guest (0) | ||
| 36823 | 2002-02-24 01:56:00 | My immediate thought is change the mouse with the keyboard plugs! >if they are both the same type)./? Please let us know if this works. |
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| 36824 | 2002-02-24 03:27:00 | First approach is to just unplug and plug in the keyboard. If it's a PS/2 type connector (mini DIN8 connector, rather tha full size DIN5 connector), make sure it is plugged into the keyboard socket, rather than the mouse one. The Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock LEDs should flash during the start up. There is no driver to be reloaded, it's a hard programmed device (In three places: CPUs on the keyboard, on the motherboard, and code for the main CPU in the BIOS). That error message is one of the best ones *anywhere*. If you plug in a working keyboard and press F1, it works. What more can you want? (Admittedly it does not tell you to plug in a keyboard, but there are limits to what can be stored in a ROM). |
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| 36825 | 2002-02-26 06:41:00 | I went mad looking for this problem when it happened intermittently. The keyboard was actually locking out at the moment of switch-on (before even POST had got going). Switching on then unplugging and replugging the keyboard immediately after switch-on would see it boot up ok. It turned out to be a low CMOS battery for heavens sake! The clock was still ok but a new battery fixed the keyboard problem. Worth a try if all else fails. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
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