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Re: for tecnical linux users



Hi,

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 14:34:56 +1030
Tom Cook <tom.cook@adelaide.edu.au> wrote:

| 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? 
You're right. I can't get the setup screen of the bios.
The error occured before/end of the bios loading so can't do a 
'del' or 'F1'.
I followed the update instructions carefully and did no mistake.
DON'T UPDATE or FLASH A BIOS, no more :-(
mess-mate


 If so then most BIOSes have a
| way to disable the keyboard check.  You might be able to boot then.
| 
| Tom
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