Flashed BIOS -- Keyboard doesnt work?

AVOAVO
edited October 2004 in Science & Tech
OK this is my first system but I've been reading for hours on this topic so i'm starting to understand things better. First the vitals:

AMD XP 3200 400FSB
Abit NF7 Rev 2.0
Corsair value select 512MB
450W PSU

I think thats the important stuff.

Here's whats happening: I put my system together flawlessly and booted up, installed XP and the abit drivers, etc. Then I wanted to get the newest BIOS so I follow all the instructions and at the end the screen says:
update succesfull press f1 to continue. So I do.
It reboots says cmos chksum error
My options are to press f1 to continue or del to enter setup however, my keyboard does not reply to anything (including num/cps/and scroll lock). It is a PS2 keyboard so there is no USB compatability problem. I also bought another keyboard which also does not work. I have tried resetting by just turning off PSU, turning off PSU and clearing cmos, turning off psu clearing cmos and removing battery but I get the same thing everytime. :banghead:

PLEASE tell me there's a way to fix this!!?!??

PS I have read a couple of other posts where people had similar problems but there were no replies (except one where the guy figured out he had shorted the keyboard connectot. Now, I know what a short is but how do you short out the keyboard connector???)

Comments

  • mcwcmcwc Vancouver, BC Member
    edited September 2004
    I suggest that you take a look at this thread. I think you're suffering from the same problems as JChretien.

    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20655

    Time for a new BIOS chip.
  • AVOAVO
    edited September 2004
    mcwc wrote:
    I suggest that you take a look at this thread. I think you're suffering from the same problems as JChretien.

    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20655

    Time for a new BIOS chip.

    Mhmm, I agree it might be the BIOS. Some people think that the PS2 ports burned out... and then some believe its the battery.

    I checked the battery (2.97V) and am not quite ready to RMA the board yet.

    Will it void the warranty if I get a new BIOS cip from badflash?
  • AVOAVO
    edited September 2004
    Clearing the CMOS overnight did it!
  • JChretienJChretien Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited October 2004
    so are you telling me that if i clear my cmos overnight it might work? k time to try ^^
  • Mike-McAleaMike-McAlea
    edited October 2004
    I had a similar problem after i updated my bios on an older board of mine, the keyboard partly worked, once windows mode was enabled if you press any key on any PS2 keyboard the whole system simply freezes, yet its completly fine in dos(Abit K7-Raid), my work around was just to use a USB keyboard, saved my old Athlon 1Ghz(but not before i had bought a replacement!)
    So i suggest trying USB keyboard?
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