Re: Children*2+Computer+Koolaid=Keyboard Error
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 16:39:55 -0700
John wrote:
> Rock wrote:
>> John wrote:
>>
>>> HP 8860. Any solution? Is there any way to bypass the keyboard with
>>> a USB? I have no way of knowing if this is even worth looking at and
>>> belongs to a co-worker. The keyboard error may even be due to
>>> unplugging while hot for all I know. No boot further than report of
>>> error and no way to continue. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> J.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Keyboards are inexpensive.
>
> All he gave me was the tower. I connected my mouse and KB. I got it
> to boot
> into ME by removing the modem. I was getting a PCI conflict error
> until now. Only device in a PCI slot was that modem and the Koolaid I
> guess. Now I get no response from mouse or KB when is asks permission
> to look for driver for my monitor. I have to switch off and that is
> the furthest I can get. I am thinking it might be the MOBO but was
> hoping someone had some good news for me.
>
> J.
I doubt there will be any good news. I think you know it's damage to the
motherboard. This wasn't a case of just spilling a little Koolaid on
the keyboard, right? Possibly the children tried to bathe the computer
in the Koolaid? ;-) Aren't you glad these aren't *your* children and
*your* computer?!!
Seriously, you could strip the box down to the basics and certainly you
can find/buy/borrow a usb keyboard/mouse and see if it will boot, but
if it won't boot at all then I guess it's toast. The kids probably
wanted their parents to buy them a new computer.
Malke
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