Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:04:06 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: David Preece <davep@afterswish.com> Cc: Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KB problemo. Message-ID: <200012230105.eBN147j06317@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:52:39 %2B1300." <5.0.0.25.1.20001223123756.01afe2a0@pop3.i4free.co.nz>
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> 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(
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