A8N-SLI Deluxe problem (Very strange, could really use some help)

[Boze]

I finished assembling my new PC tonight and I booted it up for the first time. The machine is based off an A8N-SLI Deluxe, with an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor, OCZ Powerstream 600watt PS, CM Stacker case, 2 GB of Kingston HyperX memory, ASUS N6600 video card, and two Western Digital Raptor 74 GB drives that I intend to use in a RAID 0 array.

My problem right now is that for some reason, the motherboard will not recognize any keyboard I plug into it. I have plugged in a Logitech USB keyboard, and the system did not recognize it. I then tried putting a USB to PS/2 adapter on it and that didn't work, so I then tried a native PS/2 Microsoft Natural Keyboard on it; again to no avail.

If ANYONE has any idea what the hell is going on here, or would be willing to allow me to call them (I'll pay for the long distance charges; I don't care if you're in Zimbabwe), or use Skype to chat over the net and give me a little help here to figure out WTF is going on, I would be so appreciative.

Thanks in advance guys and gals.

UPDATE:

Here's the specs of my new machine:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard
ASUS Extreme N6600 PCIe 256 MB viceo card (seated in proper PCI express slot)
Kingston HyperX DDR400 RAM, 512 MB modules x 4 (bought two 1 GB kits)
OCZ Powerstream 600 power supply (600 watt PS)
NEC ND-3520A DVD-RW drive (attached to primary IDE controller)
Sony 3.5" Floppy Disk (attached to floppy disk controller (of course))
Western Digital Raptor 740 74.3 GB SATA hard disks x 2 (attached to the NVRAID ports on the A8N-SLI Deluxe)
CoolerMaster CM Stacker case

Right now I've got a Logitech Internet Navigator keyboard (uses an F-Lock key, which must be depressed to access the function keys for use), and I have it plugged up via one of the USB slots in the back of the motherboard (I have another 6 USB slots in the front of the case, which are attached to the motherboard but I don't know if the motherboard is supplying them with power, I have not verified it yet) and the light on the keyboard which denotes that the F-Lock is operational comes on. This tells me that the motherboard must be supplying power to the USB ports in the back, but it doesn't explain why ONLY that key on the keyboard would work!

ASUS's site was practically worthless (to me) in terms of finding some kind of documentation to explain this phenomenon! HELP! PLEASE!! =O

2ND UPDATE:

I removed the battery from the motherboard and then I went ahead and moved the jumper around and reset the CMOS as mentioned in the manual and then moved the jumper back and put the battery back in on the motherboard and then rebooted the machine with my Logitech keyboard attached via USB and then attached via PS/2. Both times once the motherboard gets to the Phoenix Award BIOS screen which lists the processor and memory and various attached drives, this appears at the bottom of the list of devices:

CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded

At which point in time the keyboard still does not work and I still cannot do anything! This is becoming frustrating!

 

[century child]

Out of curiosity, when the system booted before without the checksum error, did you receive an error at POST stating that no keyboard was attached? Also, you probably have tried but since it isn't mentioned I'll ask, have you tried pressing the delete key to enter the BIOS config, in both situations with the keyboard in the USB port and PS2 port?

 

[Boze]

Oddly enough, no, I didn't get an error at POST stating no keyboard attached. I have tried pressing the delete key to enter BIOS as well.

 

[FastEddie]

The CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded is normal, and is due to your clearing the cmos. Do you have another power supply to test? Also, are you sure that you don't have the board shorted out with any extra standoffs, etc...? Have you tried setting up the board outside of the case? To me it sounds like either the board is shorting out to ground, or the psu has a problem.

 

[davidos]

did you ever figure this out? It's now happening to me....

 

[FastEddie]

I was going to ask the very same thing. The first thing to do is to REMOVE any front panel USB connections made to the motherboard. A crossed pin in the pin out will hose any usb devices that are plugged in from being recognized.