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**The_Other_One** · 07-25-2006, 03:13 AM

This is odd... I hope it had something to do with the keyboard swap as I really don't want to deal with a problematic computer...again!

Anyway, I brought home a dell keyboard from work. I kind of like the buttons they have, and the volume knob, so I figured I'd try it out. Also, my computer would sometimes beep when I play NFS MW due to pressing too many buttons at once. Anyway, I tried the USB keyboard, and it was worse(CTRL, UP, and LEFT would lock up the keyboard) So I swiched back to my original PS2 keyboard, and my machine wouldn't get past the POST logo. I tried with and without the keyboard, without any drives, resting the bios...nothing. I decided to pull the video card, flip it on/off, then reseating it. Afterwards, it worked...

Oookay... Now I've had similar problems with other computers, but usally they'd just give me a no video beep. But I'm confused. I mean should I point fingers at the video card, or at the motherboard?

07-25-2006, 03:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,388	No post after keyboard swap... This is odd... I hope it had something to do with the keyboard swap as I really don't want to deal with a problematic computer...again! Anyway, I brought home a dell keyboard from work. I kind of like the buttons they have, and the volume knob, so I figured I'd try it out. Also, my computer would sometimes beep when I play NFS MW due to pressing too many buttons at once. Anyway, I tried the USB keyboard, and it was worse(CTRL, UP, and LEFT would lock up the keyboard) So I swiched back to my original PS2 keyboard, and my machine wouldn't get past the POST logo. I tried with and without the keyboard, without any drives, resting the bios...nothing. I decided to pull the video card, flip it on/off, then reseating it. Afterwards, it worked... Oookay... Now I've had similar problems with other computers, but usally they'd just give me a no video beep. But I'm confused. I mean should I point fingers at the video card, or at the motherboard? __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100