I have had a similar problem with my USB mouse - intermittent failure to work, even though it is lit up.  I resolved it by 
unplugging and then plugging.  That has always worked for me and it might work for you, too.  Of course, you would like a permanent 
solution, not just a work-around!

I doubt that your problem is a dead battery if the date and time remain correct.  That motherboard is only a few years old, I 
believe, and batteries are usually good for three years or more.  I would check with Logitech to see if they have a suggestion. 
(Once I had problems with a Razor Diamondback mouse that would not start on the first boot.  Razor gave me some changes to the 
registry to make, and it worked fine after that.)

I think that the shut down problem is not related.  I am pretty sure that we have seen this problem before, and you should check the 
archives.  I have no doubt that you'll get some advice from other list members soon.  :)

HTH

Dean Kukral

PS: most modern mb batteries are cheap, about $2, and available at Wal-Mart or Radio Shack, so, if you want to replace yours it 
should not be a big deal.  You will have to set all the BIOS again.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:07 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] 2 motherboard problems?


I am having 2 recent mb problems and am writing to ask
your help to troubleshoot it.

When booting up an Asus A7N8X-X mb does not
recognize the USB Logitech keyboard (although USB
devices are enabled in the BIOS). Another issue: it
does not turn off after the o.s. closes using the Shut Down
command. I have been turning off the mb manually by
holding in the start button.

After turning on computer, after a few reboots the mb
recognizes the USB keyboard and the boot up sequence
succeeds. No apparent problem with keyboard after
o.s. loads.

Could it be a failing mb battery? The date and time is
correct. I don't think that the BIOS needs to have a
parameter set so that the computer will turn off after
Shut Down, does it?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Mike Eisenstadt
Austin

 

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