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My friend bought a Gigabyte motherboard for use in a hackintosh and for some reason it does not detect the keyboard. The keyboard lights up but no input is detected. He can not access the BIOS and has tried many things such as:
- Clearing the CMOS
- Removing all unnecessary components
- Using a different keyboard
- Using a USB to PS/2 adapter
- Using different USB ports
Right now I do not have the exact model but I know that it is a Socket 2011. I will find out the model and update my post.
UPDATE #1________________________________________________________________________________
Ok i'm going to clear up some things
THERE IS NO OS INSTALLED ON THE PC!
When it boots this happens:
- POWER BUTTON PRESSED
- SYSTEM BEEPS ONCE
- BIOS SPLASH SCREEN SHOWS
- CANNOT ACCESS BIOS AS KEYBOARD DOESN'T WORK
Try a PS2 keyboard, USB keyboards can be disabled in BIOS. – gronostaj – 2013-07-07T12:59:28.430
well they tried a usb to ps/2 adapter, wouldn't that be the same? – Harris Mirza – 2013-07-07T13:04:42.350
Start with some basic testing:
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Assuming that the active USB to PS/2 adapter works: Yes, it should be the same. If you just used a passive plug like this one then you need support from the keyboard. (Basically the keyboard needs to support both USB and PS2 and will switch modes when it detects such a plug. If it does not you will need an active converter, like this one.
– Hennes – 2013-07-07T13:09:25.7171Do the keyboard LEDs flash momentarily during the power-on self test, or could the keyboard just as well not be connected at all? – a CVn – 2013-07-07T13:15:04.787
One thing I have seen with a machine that I believe has a Gigabyte motherboard: It can only see a PS/2 keyboard that was present at POST. That flies wonderfully with a KVM switch! – Loren Pechtel – 2013-09-20T03:17:10.910