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Boot by spacebar stopped working
Here's a puzzler for you. I have an Asus P9X79 system which I've been
using happily for almost five years now. The other day I pressed the spacebar to start the system, and nothing happened. That's weird -- I always boot by pressing the spacebar, but pressing the button on the case started the system, and I went merrily on my way not giving the problem much thought. But the next time I tried to boot, the same thing happened, so I checked BIOS and found the boot by spacebar option was disabled. Well that was weird, as I hadn't been into BIOS in months. So I enabled the option and shut down and then pressed the spacebar -- and nothing happened. Now I did recall that a day earlier my (USB) keyboard wasn't working and when I checked I found I'd dislodged the USB to PS/2 adapter plugged into the MBO. So I pushed the adapter back into place and the keyboard started working again (after a reboot) and I was in business. But now I'm thinking maybe this was the start of my spacebar boot problem? Could this be what disabled the option in BIOS? I dunno. All I know is that now for some reason I can't boot from the keyboard. Even changing from the spacebar option in BIOS to the Ctrl/Esc option makes no difference. Suddenly after all these years, how is is it that I can't boot from the keyboard? I know the keyboard is getting power from the MBO even in the shut-down state, as I can unplug the keyboard while shut down, and when I plug it back in the lights on it flash. But it won't boot the computer. Maybe I need a new MBO battery? The clock is giving me no problems. Other ideas anyone? Help? -- Bill Anderson I am the Mighty Favog |
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