boot an asus p2b without a keyboard

bardos wrote:
> hello all,
>
> has anyone ever found a workaround for booting an asus p2b (rev 1.10)
> without a keyboard? i've got one acting as a "radio-pod" downstairs
> and i'd like to do without the keyboard; it doesn't seem to boot
> without it. maybe just a plugged in connection without a keyboard...
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> thx.


I am under the impression that P2B series boards will boot without a
keyboard by default - certainly my P2B-S-based file server has run for
years without a keyboard, and one of my kids P2B-AE systems has an
annoying habit of occasionally not detecting it's keyboard but you don't
know that until Windows has booted and you can't log on...

Mind you, I don't have a 'vanilla' P2B here to test. What does yours say
if you boot it with monitor but no keyboard?

P2B
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It's easy to remove the "guts" from a keyboard and make a tiny "keyboard
simulator" that you plug into the keyboard port. That may be the
easiest way to do this. I've seen such devices made commercially, but
they are not easy to find.


bardos wrote:
> hello all,
>
> has anyone ever found a workaround for booting an asus p2b (rev 1.10)
> without a keyboard? i've got one acting as a "radio-pod" downstairs
> and i'd like to do without the keyboard; it doesn't seem to boot
> without it. maybe just a plugged in connection without a keyboard...
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> thx.
>
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On Feb 5, 6:51 am, Robert Hancock <hanco....DeleteThis@nospamshaw.ca> wrote:
> bardos wrote:

hi folks,

i'll have to connect up a monitor to sort this out, re the questions
and solutions proposed,

thx.

> > hello all,
>
> > has anyone ever found a workaround for booting an asus p2b (rev 1.10)
> > without a keyboard? i've got one acting as a "radio-pod" downstairs
> > and i'd like to do without the keyboard; it doesn't seem to boot
> > without it.maybejustapluggedinconnectionwithout a keyboard...
> > anyone have any ideas?
>
> > thx.
>
> Where is it stalling without it? If it's at the BIOS, there should be a
> setting like "Halt On Disk/Key" that you should be able to change to
> make it ignore keyboard errors.
>
> --
> Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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bardos wrote:
> hello all,
>
> has anyone ever found a workaround for booting an asus p2b (rev 1.10)
> without a keyboard? i've got one acting as a "radio-pod" downstairs
> and i'd like to do without the keyboard; it doesn't seem to boot
> without it. maybe just a plugged in connection without a keyboard...
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> thx.
>

Where is it stalling without it? If it's at the BIOS, there should be a
setting like "Halt On Disk/Key" that you should be able to change to
make it ignore keyboard errors.

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On Feb 5, 11:52 am, "bardos" <bardowo....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 5, 6:51 am, Robert Hancock <hanco....RemoveThis@nospamshaw.ca> wrote:
>


solutioned.

took off keyboard and changed option in bios to not stop on keyboard
error.

thanks for making me think this was possible. i had been living with
this "keyboard truth" for a while now. wonder how many of my other
suppositions about life and death need to be looked at.

> >bardoswrote:
>
> hi folks,
>
> i'll have to connect up a monitor to sort this out, re the questions
> and solutions proposed,
>
> thx.
>
> > > hello all,
>
> > > has anyone ever found a workaround for booting an asus p2b (rev 1.10)
> > > without akeyboard? i've got one acting as a "radio-pod" downstairs
> > > and i'd like to do without thekeyboard; it doesn't seem to boot
> > > without it.maybejustapluggedinconnectionwithout akeyboard...
> > > anyone have any ideas?
>
> > > thx.
>
> > Where is it stalling without it? If it's at the BIOS, there should be a
> > setting like "Halt On Disk/Key" that you should be able to change to
> > make it ignorekeyboarderrors.
>
> > --
> > Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
> > To email, remove "nospam" from hanco....RemoveThis@nospamshaw.ca
> > Home Page:http://www.roberthancock.com/
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