Socket 7 keyboard?

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500r420

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I stuck a socket 7 computer in a nike shoe box a few weeks ago
its pretty kick grass, with a corneria card, floppy disk on the flip-top, lots of stuff and wires added that have no use? 64mb simm, 166 mmx p1, 4.3gb ide drive
but it doesnt work
i dont know how to install the keyboard ps/2
it wont pass the starting black screen before bios setup unless i have a keyboard (or push f1 to cancel that check :rolleyes: )
i plugged in one ps/2 into a u shaped 6 pin like :..:
it give power to keyboard so it lights up for a split second so i think its mouse input
there are tons of things on the motherboard i have no idea what they do (and working space is a little cramped!)
there is a massive 4 pin, circular input where the ps/2 should be!
can i do anything with that!
can i get like an ide or pci or isa keyboard card or something!

this is just a stupid for fun computer, and i guess its for sale when i get bored for like $20
i tried plugging in an athlon k6 but nothing happened other than the northbridg(es (two sinks, im baffled)) got hot as heck
im the sorta guy who tries first and asks on the forums later

can anyone tell me a little about socket 7 motherboards?
mayhaps point me in the direction of a tutorial or something?
 
500r420 said:
I stuck a socket 7 computer in a nike shoe box a few weeks ago
its pretty kick grass, with a corneria card, floppy disk on the flip-top, lots of stuff and wires added that have no use? 64mb simm, 166 mmx p1, 4.3gb ide drive
but it doesnt work
i dont know how to install the keyboard ps/2
it wont pass the starting black screen before bios setup unless i have a keyboard (or push f1 to cancel that check :rolleyes: )
i plugged in one ps/2 into a u shaped 6 pin like :..:
it give power to keyboard so it lights up for a split second so i think its mouse input
there are tons of things on the motherboard i have no idea what they do (and working space is a little cramped!)
there is a massive 4 pin, circular input where the ps/2 should be!
can i do anything with that!
can i get like an ide or pci or isa keyboard card or something!

this is just a stupid for fun computer, and i guess its for sale when i get bored for like $20
i tried plugging in an athlon k6 but nothing happened other than the northbridg(es (two sinks, im baffled)) got hot as heck
im the sorta guy who tries first and asks on the forums later

can anyone tell me a little about socket 7 motherboards?
mayhaps point me in the direction of a tutorial or something?
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What? I can't really understand what you're trying to say.
 
That is a 5-pin AT keyboard connector, used for old computers. I have plenty of those laying around...they just don't sell them any more (for obvious reasons) You can get a converter to put a PS/2 keyboard in.

There are not two northbridges. It could either be the north bridge and the south bridge, or the north bridge and the igp. But I have never seen a skt 7 mobo with a northbridge heatsink...
 
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