BIOS Conflict with Win98 on BIOSTAR M6TLC

[Issy]

Yes, I know, old motherboard, old OS, but I'd like to hand this off to my father in working order.

BIOSTAR M6TLC upgraded to Win98SE from Win95 (needed the USB support) -- the system was very stable on 95.
Starts and shuts down fine, but restart causes a keyboard and mouse lockup, requiring a couple of passes at safemode, scan disk, and hard poweroffs to get back to normal. Based on watching the Num/Shift/Screen Lock LEDS on the keyboard, I'm pretty sure the freeze happens during the BIOS part of the restart boot, not the OS. Moving the mouse gives "buffer full" beeps.

I have tried all (I mean all) the MS Support Page Knowledge base stuff for hangs at power off and on (IRQ12, Power Management off, fast shutdown off, turning off floppy chcek form Norton, etc).

I'm going to upgrade the BIOS now... while I am waiting for the update, can anyone think of anything else that may be doing it, something I should change in the BIOS?

M6TLC Manual Location

Anyone else been through this before?

Issy

 

[Issy]

btw, this is a i440LX Motherbaord.

Issy

 

[mechBgon]

You haven't got the keyboard plugged into the mouse jack and vice versa, by any chance?

 

[Issy]

I don't think so, but I will check. As embarassing as it would be, I would prefer that solution.

You're saying that from a cold boot it doesn't matter which DIN the mouse and keyboard are in, but from a re-start it does?

Issy

 

[datallah]

On most boards, it does matter which DIN you have each peripheral in.

looking at the motherboard (lying flat from behind) the upper DIN is for the mouse and the lower is for the k/b. If they are side by side and not up and down, look in the manual.

 

[Issy]

Well, it's not out of the realm of possibilities. I upgraded one system box, then swapped it out at the desk for another, using the same monitor, keyboard, and mouse. I assumed since it booted fine from a cold start, and Control Panel wasn't reporting any conflicts, that I had put the correct device in the correct hole... maybe not.

Jees, that would have been dumb. To think of all the the time I wasted in the MS Knowledge base. :disgust:

I'll check tonight and report back.

Issy

 

[Issy]

Has anyone ever seen a PC successfully cold boot with the PS2 keyboard and PS2 mouse reversed?

Issy

 

[Issy]

 

[Issy]

Well, I guess I have now.

mechBgon was dead on. I had swapped the mouse and keyboard. I had reached around back and done it by feel, and assumed since I didn't get a POST or "keyboard not found" error that I had done it correctly.

So, yes it is possible to swap them and not burn them up
It's even possible to swap them, and have it boot successfully, even work.... almost.

Feel free to add this story to the list of Help Desk nightmares (ala the lady who thought her mouse was a foot pedal).

Issy, hanging his head in shame.