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keyboard problems at boot up
Name: morpheus2480 Date: January 14, 2003 at 04:33:25 Pacific OS: windows me CPU/Ram: athlon 1.1
Comment:
when i boot up... sometimes my system doesnt "recognize" the keyboard.. i mean... the num-lock LED doesnt light up... what i do is power-off then reboot and everything works out fine.. any suggestions?
Name: Brian Rignall Date: January 14, 2003 at 05:18:16 Pacific
Reply:
Try removing and reinserting the keyboard plug at the PC.
If this doesn't work, go out and get a new keyboard.
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Response Number 2
Name: morpheus2480 Date: January 14, 2003 at 06:53:37 Pacific
Reply:
i was thinking if it was a mobo problem... oh well...
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Response Number 3
Name: JackG Date: January 14, 2003 at 10:26:01 Pacific
Reply:
It could be a motherboard BIOS setup problem. Some boards have a setting in BIOS that controls the clock speed used by the keyboard controller on the systemboard. Go into BIOS setup and look for it. If found, try setting it to a slower speed. You will not notice a difference and it might solve your problem if the keyboard is not quite fast enough to work at the higher interface speed.
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