A7N8X-X keyboard error on cold boot
Dang, have I got a strange one. I've had my A7N8X-X for less than 3
weeks now. After around a week of flawless performance, it began failing bootup after a cold start. Immediately after it reports the PCI bus devices, it locks up on the old keyboard error. Sure enough, it is not talking to the kbd, as hitting DEL doesn't get the BIOS screen. I've tried hitting DEL before it gets to that halt point and the BIOS screen doesn't show, so it really isn't seeing the keyboard. Now, if I boot 10-15 times, and wiggle the PS/2 plug, it will finally boot. I have proven that it is not the female socket in the back of the mobo by using a USB adaptor; still get the keyboard error. I swapped out a known good kbd and still got the error. So, it seems that it is a mobo or a BIOS problem. Now for the wierd stuff; if I simply "restart" rather than come down to a cold boot, it boots up every time. Also, if I turn off the PSU and let the mobo LED go out, it *seems* to work OK. I am not stating this last too strongly, as I have done that only 3 times, but it does seem that the problem occurs only after a full shutdown when flea poewr is still on the mobo. I have mobo Rev. 2.00-A02 with BIOS Rev. 1006. I have seen that there is a BIOS 1007 on the ASUS DL site, but I am hesitant to FLASH it as the description does not say anything about this problem. Also, I have this new computer because I killed my old reliable TX-97e by flashing the Steinbruner (???)BIOS patch that allows larger HDD to be used. After one reboot (worked fine) it woudn't even show the Energy Star logo, let alone POST. Yep, I tried a different monitor and graphics adaptor. The BIOIS was just dead!! Anyway, I don't want to chance killing this one as I can still RMA it from newegg.com. I want to figure out for sure what is happening before my time to RMA it passes, though I don't really want to go back to my old K6/450 computer while the A7 makes a return trip :-) Any help with this is really appreciated. Cheers/John Fader |
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:21:22 -0500, John Fader
wrote: Dang, have I got a strange one. I've had my A7N8X-X for less than 3 weeks now. After around a week of flawless performance, it began failing bootup after a cold start. Immediately after it reports the PCI bus devices, it locks up on the old keyboard error. Sure enough, it is not talking to the kbd, as hitting DEL doesn't get the BIOS screen. I've tried hitting DEL before it gets to that halt point and the BIOS screen doesn't show, so it really isn't seeing the keyboard. Now, if I boot 10-15 times, and wiggle the PS/2 plug, it will finally boot. I have proven that it is not the female socket in the back of the mobo by using a USB adaptor; still get the keyboard error. I swapped out a known good kbd and still got the error. So, it seems that it is a mobo or a BIOS problem. Now for the wierd stuff; if I simply "restart" rather than come down to a cold boot, it boots up every time. Also, if I turn off the PSU and let the mobo LED go out, it *seems* to work OK. I am not stating this last too strongly, as I have done that only 3 times, but it does seem that the problem occurs only after a full shutdown when flea poewr is still on the mobo. I have mobo Rev. 2.00-A02 with BIOS Rev. 1006. I have seen that there is a BIOS 1007 on the ASUS DL site, but I am hesitant to FLASH it as the description does not say anything about this problem. Also, I have this new computer because I killed my old reliable TX-97e by flashing the Steinbruner (???)BIOS patch that allows larger HDD to be used. After one reboot (worked fine) it woudn't even show the Energy Star logo, let alone POST. Yep, I tried a different monitor and graphics adaptor. The BIOIS was just dead!! Anyway, I don't want to chance killing this one as I can still RMA it from newegg.com. I want to figure out for sure what is happening before my time to RMA it passes, though I don't really want to go back to my old K6/450 computer while the A7 makes a return trip :-) Any help with this is really appreciated. Cheers/John Fader you might make a change in the bios to let it count the memory instead of fast boot. after it has counted the memory a little bit, then hit delete and see if it will boot on up from there rick |
Thanks, Rick,
it is counting now, but I'll change it and see if that changes anything else. Cheers/Fader snappy wrote: you might make a change in the bios to let it count the memory instead of fast boot. after it has counted the memory a little bit, then hit delete and see if it will boot on up from there rick |
Didn't fix it. I also disabled USB kbd support, though the machine had
failed before I'd earlier enabled that. It wouldn't recognize the ESC or DEL. So, it will boot from a restart *or* from a dead PSU, but *not* from a normal shutdown/cold boot. I think it must be a mobo problem; I hate to ahve to send it back, but I have an old K6-II/450 computer that I can build to use in the meantime. Cheers/The Fader John Fader wrote: Thanks, Rick, it is counting now, but I'll change it and see if that changes anything else. Cheers/Fader snappy wrote: you might make a change in the bios to let it count the memory instead of fast boot. after it has counted the memory a little bit, then hit delete and see if it will boot on up from there rick |
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