I was messing with our "Kitchen" computer today, seeing if it would respond to any OC'ing, and a very weird thing happened. I put the FSB too high (forgot that those old Celly's can't run 100MHz) and it wouldn't post.. that's happened before, just gotta reset the CMOS with a jumper.
Then I rebooted it, and it posted fine. As expected, it gave an "invalid CMOS settings" error and prompted me to go into setup. I noticed it also said "keyboard error", and saw the keyboard was unplugged
It must've slipped out while I was resetting the CMOS. I plugged it back in and I started to smell a burning smell, which is VERY BAD in computers. I'm not sure if the smell "started" before or after I plugged in the keyboard but I panicked and unplugged the power. The "burning" smell smelled similar to dust burning..
Finally, I got courageous enough to turn it back on and it was fine, apparently. It booted into XP and I realized I was wrong The mouse wasn't working. I thought that maybe since the CMOS was reset, the PS/2 mouse setting was disabled, or something. This is a slightly older motherboard and (PCChips M767V) it uses an "ATX riser card" for the PS/2 and USB connectors.
I tried a whole lot of stuff but it just doesn't take the mouse. I plugged in my MS Intellimouse Optical so I could tell (since it has the optical light) if it was getting any power via the PS/2 port.. nada
I have never had any problems occur from hot-plugging peripherals but.. it could be that I hot-plugged the keyboard.
Any suggestions, tips, etc?
Thanks!
Then I rebooted it, and it posted fine. As expected, it gave an "invalid CMOS settings" error and prompted me to go into setup. I noticed it also said "keyboard error", and saw the keyboard was unplugged
It must've slipped out while I was resetting the CMOS. I plugged it back in and I started to smell a burning smell, which is VERY BAD in computers. I'm not sure if the smell "started" before or after I plugged in the keyboard but I panicked and unplugged the power. The "burning" smell smelled similar to dust burning..Finally, I got courageous enough to turn it back on and it was fine, apparently. It booted into XP and I realized I was wrong
The mouse wasn't working. I thought that maybe since the CMOS was reset, the PS/2 mouse setting was disabled, or something. This is a slightly older motherboard and (PCChips M767V) it uses an "ATX riser card" for the PS/2 and USB connectors.I tried a whole lot of stuff but it just doesn't take the mouse. I plugged in my MS Intellimouse Optical so I could tell (since it has the optical light) if it was getting any power via the PS/2 port.. nada
I have never had any problems occur from hot-plugging peripherals but.. it could be that I hot-plugged the keyboard.
Any suggestions, tips, etc?
Thanks!
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