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bad sector wrote:
I use Linux only but even with windows a driver wouldn't do diddley before the OS loads. True, but I thought you said the keyboard was slow after the OS loaded, too. Maybe the driver would provide a quicker interface to the device than the standard HID driver bundled in Windows. I revisited their web site. It sucks: hardly any info there. Their "driver" download looks to be just a tweaker and macro tool. The only documentation there on their "driver" is a picture of its GUI, so it's a program, not a driver. See an enlarged pic at: https://pmt3dcbca-pic35.websiteonlin...10-01_ksxm.png Looks like the program lets you assign macros to keys, change keycodes, and adjust lighting. It's a tweaker, not a driver. Hopefully the keyboard has some memory to store the tweaks, so you don't have to keep setting them over and over. Durgod Zeus Engine ^^^ ^^^^ They sure are into god names and Greek mythology, and for a Chinese company. Odd they didn't call it Pangu or Jade Emperor. |
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On 2020-10-23 13:40, VanguardLH wrote:
bad sector wrote: I use Linux only but even with windows a driver wouldn't do diddley before the OS loads. True, but I thought you said the keyboard was slow after the OS loaded, too. Maybe the driver would provide a quicker interface to the device than the standard HID driver bundled in Windows. I don't use windows as such but there's no problem with the keyboard under any Linux distro OS nor under windows (without a driver) running as a virtual machine (vbox) under Linux. Come to think of it there having been very few times when I _could_ enter into BIOS for editing while holding down the 'Del' key, maybe it wasn't because of the delete key at all but because of some other hangup. Once the boot gets to the grub boot menu the keys may still be without effect X times out of 10 but then all I have to do is plug the keyboatrd into another usb port (maybe just cycle it in the same one). This part holds some of the answer I'm sure. I know grub does a lot of sniffing but that's all way over my head. |
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bad sector wrote:
Come to think of it there having been very few times when I _could_ enter into BIOS for editing while holding down the 'Del' key, maybe it wasn't because of the delete key at all but because of some other hangup. Since you are using a USB-only keyboard (and likely a USB-only mouse, too), check the BIOS is *not* set to enable legacy devices (which are PS/2 input devices). Another setting in BIOS is how long to wait at the POST screen. In my BIOS (UEFI), I go there under the Boot tab to configure the timeout for the Setup Prompt Timetout. Some default to just 1 second which isn't even enough time for you to notice it's time when you can hit the hotkey to get into BIOS. I can't see what is my value unless I reboot, but my guess is that I upped it to 4 (seconds). The manual for your mobo is at: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/m...ula_manual.zip Page 3-7 has a screenshot of the main BIOS screen. There's a Boot tab, so I looked under there. I did not find a timeout that I could set for holding on the POST screen, but there is a "Quick Boot" setting (enabled by default). I would disable that, because info in the POST screen is often critical to debugging hardware problems, like seeing if the BIOS found all the internal drives (CD/DVD, HDD, SSD). I would also disable the Fullscreen Logo settings. That's there ad banner to announce you bought an Asus product. Big whoopdee doo. Often it obliterates some, or all, of the POST screen. It doesn't save any time nor does it consume more. It's just a nuisance to experts merely to hide the tech data from boobs. There is a "Hit 'Del' Message Display" setting to show the prompt to hit Del on the POST screen. Is that enabled? Under the Advanced tab, USB config, I'd try setting Legacy USB Support to Enabled (instead of the Auto default) just to see if the USB keyboard behaves better during the POST (BIOS startup up to POST screen, but before the OS loads). You'll also want to make sure the USB 2.0 controller is set to HiSpeed mode. |
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On 2020-10-22 10:07, bad sector wrote:
Having 'increasing' probs with my 8-core AMD destktop. The board is an asus-xhair-IV Boot often doesn't even begin and pops the subject error message which includes "or F.. to load defaults" and words of this nature. CPU temps never above 50c. BIOS should come up by touching "Del" but it takes a dozen attempts for that to work with my new usb gaming keyboard. This morning bios just would not detect 2 of my data drives in sata slots 3 & 4 (using a 5-bay rack with 1-4 sata reserved). After I don't know how many reboots bios still wasn't detecting but "fdisk -l" finally picked one of them up. On the last boot bios detected it too, got it mounted, and it's presently taking 1tb of backups. I would just like some ballpark hunches to start with, what do symptoms like this suggest? Mobo, rack, bios? tried another trick too: When the "press 4 to activate the Asus Core unlocker" showed up I knew I did not have enough time to cycle the keyboard usb connection to another or to the same usb port, BUT that there was a good chance that the alert would show again on the next boot. On this first boot the grub boot menu would have showed up and THEN I would have had the time tio cycle the connection if needed. But I wanted to experiemnt so I re-booted with the keyboard disconnected ready to connect it when I see the alert and being at the same time ready to hit the 4 key. It worked. So to my brain-stem level expertise it looks like the keyboard is not recognized initially but an insertion is. NB. I'm always using the mobo usb ports only, the ones on the back and never the fron panel addons. |
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