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Subject:	Re: all but keyboard
From:	Russ Poffenberger <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:26:04 -0700
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Roberto Safora <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Any reason for some bios motherboards to have as default stopping at errors
> "ALL BUT KEYBOARD".
> Are they covering some faults?
> Roberto Safora

Probably just that it isn't uncommon to have something laying on the keyboard
(we all just pile stuff on top eh?) at bootup, which would otherwise halt the
POST step because it was holding down a key.


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