From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 22 16:54:41 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 22 16:54:39 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-107.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21DF137B400 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:54:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBN147j06317; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:05:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200012230105.eBN147j06317@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: David Preece Cc: Paul Halliday , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KB problemo. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:52:39 +1300." <5.0.0.25.1.20001223123756.01afe2a0@pop3.i4free.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:04:06 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > At 17:00 22/12/00 -0500, you wrote: > >On a reboot I get > >beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, then keyboard not found or keyboard error. So, yes > >as mentioned just recently on this list, hard switches are _BAD_. > > So the keyboard controller's toast, is that what we're saying? Presumably > you've tried connecting the keyboard directly to eliminate the all too real > possiblity that it's the switch that's broken? Note that there's a good chance that all that's really dead is the keyboard fuse. On some motherboards, this is a soft fuse that will reset after a few minutes; on many others it's a surface-mount or through-hole component. Identifying it is easy if you know what you're looking for, which probably doesn't help you, since if you knew about it, you wouldn't be asking here. 8( -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message