Legacy USB support in ASUS


Shawn Wilton
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Denny Esterline wrote:
> Check in your bios settings, usually there's an option to enable USB
> keyboard support just for this particular problem.
>
> Right off hand I forget what they name it, but I think it's something like
> "USB Keyboard enable" or "USB -> BIOS/OS". Just poke around it should be in
> there.
>
> -Denny
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>
>
>>>On a second note though, the serial port is just the first thing to go.
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> PC
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>>>manufacturers have plans to rid pc's of pretty much all legacy hardware
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> io
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>>>in the next few years. In particular, this includes PS/2 - you'll soon
>>
>>need
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>>>to have a USB keyboard and mouse.
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>>Just added a USB keyboard to a system a week ago.
>>Took it off again within a day.
>>Reason: I'm currently multi-booting with either WIN98 and WIN XP and
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> WIN98
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>>is the 2nd choice. To make a choice other than the default the user has
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> to
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>>use the keyboard. The USB keyboard doesn't come alive until AFTER the O/S
>>has booted. Obvious but stupid. Also, how would you eg alter system
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> settings
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>>or select startup option? If they remove the PS/2  port then they MUST
>>enable the USB at some level in firmware at boot time OR radically alter
>>boot philosophy.
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>>        Russell McMahon
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