A7v600-x Cannot Enter Bios Setup

[David North]

Guys

I would appreciate some advice.

I built a new PC a week ago, based around the above mobo, an AMP
Athlon 2500 (333), 512MB Crucial RAM (3200), and an ATI9200 128MB
video card - and Win XP Pro SP1 (with all critical updates).

When I first assembled it all i could not install XP as the keyboard
(Microsoft Internet Keyboard NOT wireless - PS2) would not work..at
the crucial point..i played around and decided to try unplugging my
PS2 MS Wireless mouse (using usb-ps2 adapter), bingo i could use the
keyboard and intall xp. When xp was installed i plugged the mouse
back all was fine until i touched the keyboard, it all locked up.

In the end I checked the asus website and updated the bios from 1002
to 1003 as this mentioned ps2 point issued, I also plugged the mouse
into the usb port, bingo all works nicely.

However today I have been trying to enter the bios setup (about a
million times, both cold boots and normal reboots) i just can't get
in. If I re-flash with bios 1003 it puts me there, save and exit and
I can not get back in again! I have tried pressing DEL at different
stages, sometimes it just sticks on the POST screen that says Press
DEL to enter setup etc...until i let go then it just carries on
booting into windows.

This is really annoying me as every other aspect of the machine is
great.

I see bios update 1004 has been out for a couple of weeks but only
mentions fixing kingston memory probs.

Can anyone offer a suggestion, at this point I am a bit dissapointed
with the Asus board!

many thanks

Dave

 

[Canus_Lupis]

Sounds like you should be pissed off with your keyboard/mouse combination.

I am running an A7V600 and an A7V600-X and have had no problems with either
computer.
Due to lack of desk space I use Mitsubishi Diamond Touch Keyboards and
Logitech cordless rodents plugged into their respective PS/2 ports. No
problems.

Try using a diffrent keyboard and mouse and see what happens because your
problem seems to be a compatability problem.

 

[Gareth Jones]

I built a new PC a week ago, based around the above mobo, an AMP
Athlon 2500 (333), 512MB Crucial RAM (3200), and an ATI9200 128MB
video card - and Win XP Pro SP1 (with all critical updates).

When I first assembled it all i could not install XP as the keyboard
(Microsoft Internet Keyboard NOT wireless - PS2) would not work..at
the crucial point..i played around and decided to try unplugging my
PS2 MS Wireless mouse (using usb-ps2 adapter), bingo i could use the
keyboard and intall xp. When xp was installed i plugged the mouse
back all was fine until i touched the keyboard, it all locked up.

In the end I checked the asus website and updated the bios from 1002
to 1003 as this mentioned ps2 point issued, I also plugged the mouse
into the usb port, bingo all works nicely.

However today I have been trying to enter the bios setup (about a
million times, both cold boots and normal reboots) i just can't get
in.

There is a problem with this board and some MS keyboards.
I've had the same.
I actually wasn't aware that they had cured it in a BIOS fix (and Asus
didn't respond at all to my email requests!) , but I also got things to
work by using USB instead.

There is a BIOS setting that (without turning my machine off and
checking!!) says something like 'enable USB keyboard support'. Is this
on with you? If not, I'd guess that windows will work fine (as it has
drivers) but you won't be able to use DOS or BIOS functions.
Plug the keyboard back into the normal port and reset this option, then
it should work with USB.



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[notritenoteri]

I've got a A7V600 rev 1 running Award 1006 11/12/2003 with a MS internet
wired KB and generic PS2 wired mouse and it works fine and has from day 1.
I know this info doesn't help you but the board does work well at least with
wired mice.