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    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234 View Post
    Yeah but in order to enter the BIOS to set it to use USB keyboards you need the connect a PS2 keyboard just to get to that setting.

    Catch 22 again!
    Can't he just use a USB-PS2 converter plug ? Come to think of it ,I don't think that ever worked for me the other way around yes .

    http://sewelldirect.com/MiceKeyboard...FRgsYQoduGPn2g
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    Quote Originally Posted by peat moss View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234 View Post
    Yeah but in order to enter the BIOS to set it to use USB keyboards you need the connect a PS2 keyboard just to get to that setting.

    Catch 22 again!
    Can't he just use a USB-PS2 converter plug ? Come to think of it ,I don't think that ever worked for me the other way around yes .

    http://sewelldirect.com/MiceKeyboard...FRgsYQoduGPn2g
    Cheaper to buy a PS2 keyboard just to change settings the BIOS:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823205001

    If he doesn't already have one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234 View Post
    Yeah but in order to enter the BIOS to set it to use USB keyboards you need the connect a PS2 keyboard just to get to that setting.

    Catch 22 again!
    Why isn't the option on by default?
    What possible reason could there be for you to not want your USB keyboard to work for the bios?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rossco View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234 View Post
    Yeah but in order to enter the BIOS to set it to use USB keyboards you need the connect a PS2 keyboard just to get to that setting.

    Catch 22 again!
    Why isn't the option on by default?
    What possible reason could there be for you to not want your USB keyboard to work for the bios?

    Or better yet I have a friends computer sitting here gathering dust , as he bent and destroyed his PS2 keyboard plug and Mobo end moving his puter from one room to the other . I asked him who plugged everything back in, the Cat ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rossco View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234 View Post
    Yeah but in order to enter the BIOS to set it to use USB keyboards you need the connect a PS2 keyboard just to get to that setting.

    Catch 22 again!
    Why isn't the option on by default?
    What possible reason could there be for you to not want your USB keyboard to work for the bios?
    It was on for me, I've been using USB-keyboards for ages and I never had to change a thing to be able to get in, not with three different motherboards, even

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