On 0, David Pastern <david@scsenterprises.com.au> wrote: > messmate said on 30 October 2002 7:52 PM > > >Hi experts, > >I have a little pb with un update I made of my BIOS. > >Bios is a AWARD and did a flash update, after that I get always the error : > > > >'Keyboard error or keyboard not connected'. > > > >When looking at the site of award (phoenix) the say : > >'Look that a key is not pressed or connect the keybord' > > > >But : > >1. a key is not pressed > >2. the keyboard is connected. (tryed it with different keybords) > > > >Of course any boot is impossble and doing a 'del' to setup the bios didn't > help. > > > >I think the only solution is to replace the eeprom but he is SOLDERED :-( > > > >Is there any other solution ?? > > Messmate, i'd suggest re-flashing the bios again. Make sure you follow the > flashing instructions exactly. The only other thing I can think of is a > damaged bios chip (if it's soldered into the motherboard it's a pretty > crappy motherboard - it should be removable). Hope this helps. I think the point is that he can't boot anymore, so can't flash the bios. Can you get to the BIOS setup screen? If so then most BIOSes have a way to disable the keyboard check. You might be able to boot then. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide When you go to the sysadmin's office in the afternoon, and all is deathly quiet, there are three possibilities: 1) Something has gone wrong, and they are all trying to fix it. 2) Something has gone badly wrong, and they have all left the country. 3) Something has gone very badly wrong, and you're missing happy hour. Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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