BIOS Question

[Milo1272]

I resisted asking and admiting ignorance . . . but I have a problem with getting the BIOS right and I need some help.

When I power up my new system I always get a screen that essentially lists the components - processor, chipset, size of drive, what is connected to the SATA drives, etc.

[Groundbound1]

Nothing at all wrong with admitting you don't know something.

[richardd43]

On my Asus, when it asks me to hit F1 to continue it also gives me the option to hit F3 to enter SETUP.

I found that if I go into SETUP (bios) then hit F10 (Save And Exit) and exit it no longer tells me to hit the F1 key to continue.

[Milo1272]

Thanks for the information.

[Groundbound1]

I'm sorry, I must have misunderstood you. I didn't realize your system was actually hanging during post.

Look for a "halt on error" type of entry in the BIOS, and if you see one, check it's setting. (Might say "all errors" or "keyboard errors" or such) You should be able to get the Bios to ignore the missing mouse from there. (if that's where the problem is.)

I use the fast post option. I don't think it can hurt anything, if your system had a serious problem, it would still let you know.

[richardd43]

I don,t have the same board but the BIOS should have a setting dealing with Legacy items. Enable boot with legacy or whatever it says and see if that gets it.

Grasping at straws here........

[NickN]

Richard is correct, turn on USB Legacy Support (AUTO) for USB and keyboard mouse boot recognition.

Some older MB's do not have that feature and you are suppose to use a PS2 plug. They also make USB/PS2 adapters

[Milo1272]

I looked for a halt on error switch, but couldn't find one.

Allow legacy items was already enabled.

It looked like I was just going to have to live with the F1 problem for a while, but I found an old PS2 mouse.  I pluged it in and the error went away.  I'm not thrilled about having an extra mouse sticking out the back of the computer (the PS2 mouse actually doesn't work with Vista), but at least the error has gone away.  I think I will soon just cut the plug off to keep the motherboard happy.

Thanks for the help,

Milo

[Groundbound1]

I'm sorry we couldn't help more with this one.

I'd advise you not to snip the cord on the mouse though, for two reasons:
a) you may short two or more leads that shouldn't touch each other
and
b) It would have the same effect as a mouse not being plugged in at all.

However if having a mouse plugged in does fix the problem, then maybe a USB-PS2 adapter might be in order.




I don't know for certain if it would work with a wireless mouse, but if it did, it would make both you (you'd still have your wireless mouse) and your computer ( full PS2 ports) happy.