Flashed bios causes keyboard not be be sensed

Hi all.

Asus P4S533
P4 1.8/2.4
1Gig PC2700 2 Dimms
ATI Radeon 9800NP
IBM 120 GB HD
WinXP @ home sp1

Yesterday I updated the bios to my computer.
I backed up the old bios to my hd.
Rebooted and my keyboard isn't recognized.
I don't have a floppy drive on that computer but can
take it from this one if necessary.
I can get into the bios setup by holding down the delete key as I boot.
Once I'm in, the keyboard isn't recognized.
I switched keyboards and that didn't work either.
The bios seems to have reset itslf to the defaults and I recall there was a
problem with
onboard IDE controller in the default setting. Without access to the
keyboard, I'm stumped.

I really don't want to swap out the motherboard.

I built this computer by myself, so there obviously isn't any warranty.


Any suggestions?



Jon

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Yesterday I updated the bios to my computer.
I backed up the old bios to my hd.
Rebooted and my keyboard isn't recognized.

Have you disconnected the power and cleared the CMOS ???

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Next time...
Write down all non-default settings.
Clear the cmos.
Flash the bios.
Reboot.
Clear the cmos again.
Enter any non-default settings.
Save and reboot.

If your PC is stuffed with cards and other irq consuming hardware, you may
have remove some, then reinstall one at a time for bios to adjust system
properly. This is not normally the keyboard.
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Hi all.

Asus P4S533
P4 1.8/2.4
1Gig PC2700 2 Dimms
ATI Radeon 9800NP
IBM 120 GB HD
WinXP @ home sp1

Yesterday I updated the bios to my computer.
I backed up the old bios to my hd.

Order of things is kinda backwards ain't it?

Rebooted and my keyboard isn't recognized.
I don't have a floppy drive on that computer but can
take it from this one if necessary.
I can get into the bios setup by holding down the delete key as I boot.
Once I'm in, the keyboard isn't recognized.
I switched keyboards and that didn't work either.
The bios seems to have reset itslf to the defaults and I recall there was
a
problem with
onboard IDE controller in the default setting. Without access to the
keyboard, I'm stumped.

I really don't want to swap out the motherboard.

I built this computer by myself, so there obviously isn't any warranty.


Any suggestions?



Jon

Thanks, I'll try that.



Jon



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Yesterday I updated the bios to my computer.
I backed up the old bios to my hd.
Rebooted and my keyboard isn't recognized.

Have you disconnected the power and cleared the CMOS ???

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followed by 'uk2' followed by a dot
followed by 'net'
__________________________________________________

That did it!


Thanks Gareth.



Jon




"Gareth Jones" wrote in message
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Yesterday I updated the bios to my computer.
I backed up the old bios to my hd.
Rebooted and my keyboard isn't recognized.

Have you disconnected the power and cleared the CMOS ???

--
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Personal email for Gareth Jones can be sent to:
'usenet4gareth' followed by an at symbol
followed by 'uk2' followed by a dot
followed by 'net'
__________________________________________________

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That did it!


Thanks Gareth.

No probs.
I still can't get over how often I forget to turn off the main power
when clearing the CMOS and wonder why nothings changed... bloody new
fangled ATX power supplies;-)

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followed by 'net'
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