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I recently aquired a few old, but compact, PCs, which I thought would make excellent local servers.

Of course, a local server wouldn't need a keyboard, mouse or monitor, so after installation and configuration, I unplugged them.

However, they didn't seem to be working, so I plugged the monitor back in to see what was going on.

The BIOS was reporting the following error.

"Error: No Keyboard detected. Press f4 to continue."

Pathetic.

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BIOS and keyboard

Submitted by gromit on Wed, 2006-11-15 07:40.

There should be a possibility in the bios to switch off the "halt on keyboard error" setting.

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yeah i know

Submitted by jamei on Wed, 2006-11-15 08:45.

sure it does. i think you missed the point.

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keyboard

Submitted by gromit on Thu, 2006-11-16 09:29.

Doah, I see...

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and old one...

Submitted by pinniped on Fri, 2006-11-17 16:58.

Machines have behaved like that since the AT keyboard and I think even modern machines do that. "Keyboard not working, press this key." The funny thing is that all BIOS I've seen do it, not just one manufacturer. I've wondered if this was some sort of joke that people didn't want to get rid of, if the BIOS programmers are not the most brilliant on the planet, or if some military specification is the reason behind this bizarre message.

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