[RESOLVED] keyboard error

[robcorn]

I just finished putting together a PC for my son (my first try at this)
All seems to be working apart from 1 error message that suddenly popped up
"Keyboard error or no keyboard present"
Press F1 to continue.
Which is of course a bit of a hassle when it can not find a keyboard
Any suggestions what can be wrong?

Thanks in advance

[Darren Wilson]

First question

Is the keyboard a PS/2 (6 pin micro din) or AT (5 pin DIN)? The PS/2 is a small connector which if your board has the PS/2 connectors it is the same as the mouse. If this is the case, try swapping the 2 around.

If this doesn't help then please could you give more info on the system.

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[3fingersalute]

Interesting tip!!.....Anyhow, if it is an AT case, do you perhaps have the keylock locked or shorted?

Are you trying to use a USB keyboard maybe?

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[robcorn]

Thank U very much for the fast response.

It appears that I had a cable running to the keylock.
was a 5pin keyboard plug
Pentium-S CPU
16Mb Ram
545 Seagate HDD
Case = from a 486DX4-100
Anyway all is running and the boy is happy
Thanks for that
when it boots up, scandisk runs to 15% and stops there, but that is no big drama (so far)
Thanks again for your suggestion/help

[cj2000]

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