Weird keyboard issue

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I just purchased a new ASUS A7A266 motherboard with a 1.2GHz processor. I installed it and all the components in my existing case, with a 250w power supply.

I can enter the BIOS setup using the DEL key, but once there, the keyboard does not respond, although it did at first. I have tried two different keyboards, a Microsoft natural and a generic 102 key model, both known to work on my other bench system. The keyboard connector does not seem to fit snugly so I am leaning towards a defective motherboard socket – but is there a way I can verify this?

I also found it interesting that the DEL key consistently works but I lose functionality in the BIOS, wnd the Windows 2000 boot menu, nor any other OS (Windows 98, DOS) outside of the BIOS even acknowledges my input.

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Yessir, you have a bad socket. The clues? new motherboard, DEL key works, but none others… Bad Socket! get her fixed!

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Thanks tons – after the run of black cats, broken mirrors and cracks in the sidewalk that I have had with this particular machine, it’s comforting to know that I’m NOT losing my mind and that it IS someone else’s fault…

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You forgot the ladders… Always glad to help!

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Ah, you forgot the first rule of IT support…

Make sure you can point and say “He did it!”.

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Are you sure you don’t work with me? I swear I hear that comment every five minutes at work!

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Well, I have been taught by some of the best in the business!

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I thought the first rule of IT support was to not answer the phone! No, wait. Maybe it’s to always blame it on software.

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Phone!?! What phone?…Oh, I thought was tinnitus!

You don’t blame software, its just a new world standard, or undocumented feature.

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Around here, we blame the hardware, and the operating system… Of course, in the cold room, the discussion is more like that *@#$&!, ^&@*#$&!, User!!!

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I think that you got it right. ! Its your motherboard…

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“What you’ve got there, is an anamoly in the communicative devices running from your primary hard disk to your central processing unit…” (hard-disk cable is bad…)

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