How the Hell does one access the BIOS with a USB keyboard !
The drivers for the USB devices don't install until after the boot screen! so I have not got a hope in hells chance of pressing the F1 key in time....


Andy

 

ha... that's a good one! never thought about that before!!!

actually, it "should" recognise the USB device as it will come under "usb-legacy" device which in theory dont need any drivers to be install to use it.

 

mine works fine and dandy on both this and my shuttle, logitech and trust usb jobbies, you can get ps2 usb convertors though if that'll help.

Si
Ps i think there's a bit in bios for usb keyboards now a days (obviously you'll need a standard ps2 to start with)

 

Right ! had a root through my Cables and plugs drawer

came up with this



Only trouble is it's a USB MOUSE to PS2.
are they internally wired differently to the keyboard ones ?
as it don't work !

 

after all that, settings I wanted to change within BIOS I am not able to ! perhaps an update required.
Phoenix bios dated 2000 !

 

lol

 

There is a setting in most BIOS' for this, I found that I needed to do this also when running Norton Ghost (DOS based Cloning Program), on my P4C800 its definately got it anyway, of course I needed to plug back in my PS/2 keyboard in order to switch it on!!!

 

It gets better,
cracked open the case to find the MO board type.
ASUS A7-VM
looked on the asus website for updates...and no listing for that MOBO
oh well.

 

sounds like either an A7M - Ali chipset I believe or an A7V - via KT266/300 based board. think that one has CMI 8373 chipset

 

any way to tell ?
It's running an athlon 1.1ghz @133mhz

Andy

 

case off again

7VMH2 1.02 LCK3


Looks like I could'nt read in the dark last night either !
MOBO = A7V-VM

edit to add the above

[Edited by Fuzz - 7/27/2003 1:53:53 PM]

 

hmmm... i think better just to get a ps/2 keyboard

 

unplug USB mouse and it works
I don't think I'll adjust anything yet as a few other problems are cropping up !! see other threads.

Cheers anyway