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08-22-2002, 04:21 PM
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Uh oh...lightning strike question
Yep got zapped. Now I get a "keyboard not present or keyboard error" reading at startup and it stops right there.
So what did it knock out? It's an ancient Pentium 166 I use for surfing. I'm now using my Mac.  (
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08-22-2002, 04:23 PM
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it could've fried your ps/2 controller... are you sure the keyboard isn't just unplugged, though? try wiggling the connection.
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08-22-2002, 04:32 PM
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yep....tried that and another keyboard also.
Is the PS2 controller actually a card? may have one on another old computer. |
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08-22-2002, 04:37 PM
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no, it's on the motherboard. what kind of mouse is it? a serial mouse or ps/2?
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08-22-2002, 04:37 PM
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Nope... it took down your board, possibly other components.
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08-22-2002, 04:46 PM
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interesting timing.....I just received a new Pentium 2.26 ghz CPU from Newegg today. I'm waiting for the Asus P4S 8x motherboard to be available (hopefully this month) to do a new build.
very strange timing indeed........... thanks guys. |
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08-22-2002, 04:50 PM
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wait a minute! you didn't order the processor off of the now dead computer, did you? it's possible it commited suicide since it new it was no longer going to be useful to you.
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08-22-2002, 04:59 PM
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christ......You're right.......I feel like such an insensitive clod. LOL
That old Pentium has literally been running almost 24/7 for for 7 years....I hardly ever turned it off. |
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08-23-2002, 03:06 PM
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Your keyboard bios is fried - which means you can use the motherboard for target practice, unfortunately.
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