Hi list,
I worked on a Soyo system for a friend at work.
It was running fine when I gave it back to him.
But, when he took it home and plugged in the PS/2 keyboard he bent a pin
against another pin or against the metal shell and shorted out something
in the PS/2 ports.
He tried to bend it back but the damage was already done.
On boot the system stops with an error message saying something like your
"No keyboard present"
I used a different keyboard and got the same errors.
Reset the BIOS hoping it would let me in thru some miracle.(Lost cause, I
know)
In my opinion, his motherboard is now toast.
Sorry, but it sounds like yours is also.

By the way, this problem is not OS specific.
The error comes up before the hard drive is accessed.

And nothing against Soyo m/b's, I am on one now.
I built both mine and my sons using Soyo.
Happy Holidays!
Clint

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 03:08:08 -0600 Dave <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> I have a SOYO (SY-7IZM) motherboard that doesn't see the mouse or the
> keyboard. During the POST it beeps and gives the message Keyboard
> error or no keyboard present. Switching to a USB kryboard will get
> me into setup and was able to start installing windows98 se, got as
> far as the prompt for Name and workplace, stays on the name line.
> The USB mouse doesn't work at all. Changing batteries didn't have
> any effect. Any ideas would be appreciated
>                            David Jarvis
>
>                          PCBUILD's List Owners:
>                       Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
>                        Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
>
>

________________________________________________________________
Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today
Only $9.95 per month!
Visit www.juno.com

            Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to
                    Digest mode - visit our web site:
                   http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml