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Keyboard not detected on AT board

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First post, by vetz

Posted on 2013-08-21, 17:50

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Bought this board on Ebay. It is an Intel Socket 5 Premiere/PCI II Baby-AT Board :

I get a "keyboard not detected" error on boot and no key responds to input. None of the Num lock, Caps lock or Scroll lock button lights light up. I cannot see any damage on the AT connector. Any hints or tips? Is it possible to use a serial keyboard of some sort or am I out of luck?

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Reply 1 of 3, by socram8888

Posted on 2013-08-21, 18:37

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Have you tried measuring the voltage in the AT socket?

Reply 2 of 3, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2013-08-21, 19:44

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Botton right is a yellow SMD tantalum capacitor. The silver part directly above could be a fuse.

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Reply 3 of 3, by vetz

Posted on 2013-08-25, 17:46

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I got it working by bending the plug/cable upwards of the board. It is probably just bad connection somewhere in the plug. I can't see any visual damage though.

Anyway, will probably need to unsolder and solder on a new one.

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