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Thread ID: 81782 2007-08-07 04:04:00 Motherboard Rear Panel not working almunro (7531) Press F1
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577482 2007-08-07 04:04:00 okay im trying to fix a friends Acer Power F1 desktop (p4 2.4 etc) and it boots fine and goes to the windows user selection screen but nothing on the rear motherboard ports work.... this includes usb ports, ps2 mouse and keyboard ports etc. so pretty much i have a computer that works but i just cant use it becaue i have no input. the keyboard lights dont come on during post and the keyboard does not work during post either.

is the motherboard fried and do i need a new one or can i fix it? maybe a reflash with the bios (not sure how id do this if i have no keyboard support tho)

anyone got some advice??
almunro (7531)
577483 2007-08-07 04:06:00 Well do you get an error on POST which says " Keyboard error, Press F1 to continue" or something similar?

If not then it may not be the rear panel. Have you tried a different keyboard/mouse?

What kind of motherboard is it?
chiefnz (545)
577484 2007-08-07 04:19:00 there is no error about the keyboard, as i said it boots like normal the windows user screen.

i have tried different usb and ps2 devices and none work.

i cant see any label or brand on the board but the cpu fan is labelled Foxxconn so maybe its a Foxxconn board.
almunro (7531)
577485 2007-08-07 04:28:00 Replace it, it sounds like its 1/2 dead. Speedy Gonzales (78)
577486 2007-08-07 05:00:00 Check in your BIOS that it is set to halt on keyboard errors.
Some BIOS's can be configured to not stop on keyboard failure, check this.
Also check in the BIOS to see if the USB devices etc. have been disabled. I doubt this very much but it is a possibility.
Bozo (8540)
577487 2007-08-07 05:14:00 i would have done that but i cant even get into the bios because there is no keyboard even during post. i did mention that in my first post. almunro (7531)
577488 2007-08-07 05:17:00 oh yes. n00b to me:rolleyes: lol
ok, you could reset your BIOS and see if any thing happens.
Bozo (8540)
577489 2007-08-07 05:22:00 You could pull the cmos battery out, but then how is he going to reconfigure the BIOS?? Speedy Gonzales (78)
577490 2007-08-07 05:25:00 The BIOS would be back at factory settings - so if he had somehow disabled that usb ports, these would be re-enabled and problem solved. Though i doubt very much if this is the problem. Just another option. Bozo (8540)
577491 2007-08-07 05:30:00 Well u need SOMETHING like a keyboard to actually move from menu to menu. Speedy Gonzales (78)
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