Posted by Andy Warne on 1, 2001 at 5:57 PM:
In Reply to: Thanks. And an answer.. posted by King Of My Castle on 1, 2001 at 5:29 PM:
The boot problem is probably because the Hotrod is not sending an "Ack" reply to one or more of the commands that are sent to it at boot time. Most M/B don't mind not getting the ack's but some do and just stop booting.
The beeps while in use also suggest the Hotrod is not responding to commands such as "re-send".
: : I just noticed an earlier request for help a
: : couple weeks ago where you said the keyboard
: : or the hotrod would boot fine and it is only
: : when using both that you have problems.
: Well now it seems that it doesn't boot up clean with the Hotrod. Whether that was because I believed wrongly I'm not sure because I was pulling out and plugging in so many times I may have been confused.
: But currently it's reporting that error with the Hotrod.
: : Did you bring your keyboard when you tested
: : the hotrod on the other PCs?
: No, but I tried with another keyboard I have and it had the same message. Could they both be wrong? Chances are slim but perhaps.
: : The problem may be the hotrod to keyboard
: : communication opposed to the computer hotrod
: : communication. If the hotrod fails on the other
: : PCs while using your keyboard, then you might
: : want to get another keyboard.
: Well your earlier suggestion was more promissing (about it being a BIOS/Motherboard thing) but it doesn't explain why the hotswapping techinique always works. Which is a shame.
: Maybe a new Motherboard is the solution but I hope not. I forgot to mention that the PS2 port makes my computer beep (the same sound when I hot-swap) when I use the Hotrod sometimes. Could my Motherboard be too clever for its own good by controlling the port too strictly?
: John King..
: Thanks for all the help.