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GA-F2A75M-HD2 Motherboard from Gigabyte. Am I supposed to enable an option in the BIOS or something?

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Whats a PS/2 port? :P :P

It would be highly unusual i would think to have to enable a PS/2 port in BIOS. Having said that, i would check your MB manual in case there is some sort of weird "legacy" BIOS setting.

I would check it for you, but i cant blow the 16mb on the download (on wireless broadband in the country here, not cheap):

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4393#manual

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GA-F2A75M-HD2 Motherboard from Gigabyte. Am I supposed to enable an option in the BIOS or something?

Just 2 quick questions:-

  • Is the port itself, not working?
  • or, is the hardware (keyboard and/or mouse) connected to that port, not working?
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GA-F2A75M-HD2 Motherboard from Gigabyte. Am I supposed to enable an option in the BIOS or something?

Just 2 quick questions:-

  • Is the port itself, not working?
  • or, is the hardware (keyboard and/or mouse) connected to that port, not working?

I think its the port. I used a 4 Year Old USB to PS/2 and it works but the problem is sometimes it gets a little messed up so I have to use the PS/2 because I just checked my local store and they aren't gonna be having those adapters in 2 Months.

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Just check whether the pins on both sides (female and male, as well) are not bent.

Check also whether the PS/2 port is showing under Device Manager after your PS/2 keyboard/mouse is attached to the port.

Check out the following link on how to enable the PS/2 function at BIOS level:-

http://www.ehow.com/how_7267883_enable-ps2-usb-bios.html

simple solution go to service center

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I've experienced several cases where disconnecting the PC from the mains for a minute or two fixes PS/2 problems. The time is to ensure that all charges have leaked away inside the PC. I believe that under some circumstances integrated circuit substrates can latch into a SCR (silicon controlled rectifier) like state. Removing the juice unlatches that state.

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Well, I've seen many people bashing this port in past. It's not good enough, one said, it's buggy said another, who needs PS/2 when we have USB 3.0, said yet another one. :P

Not sure if I'm helping, but when I was new to PCs, I mistakenly inserted the mouse into the keyboard port and keyboard into the mouse port (inspite of knowing what's the right way). :lol:

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I find that the USB mouse/keyboard support at or near boot time is all too often terrible. I have several boot discs where the USB mouse and/or keyboard won't work, or work poorly. I've even had machines where you can't select e.g. Safe Mode on the F8 screen.

With Acronis Disk Director, I have to tap F11 and type, somewhat perversely, "quiet usbmouse=off", into a text field, otherwise the pointer moves vertically but not horizontally.

I just hope that when I get my first non-USB compatible motherboard, that I don't have such problems.

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Just check whether the pins on both sides (female and male, as well) are not bent.

Check also whether the PS/2 port is showing under Device Manager after your PS/2 keyboard/mouse is attached to the port.

Check out the following link on how to enable the PS/2 function at BIOS level:-

http://www.ehow.com/how_7267883_enable-ps2-usb-bios.html

What should be its name? All I get are USB and two AMD eXtensible or something like that.

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Also look on the MBoard side where the ports soldered onto the MBoard side. Wiggle the port gently - if it's loose at all, you're in trouble and'll need either the service center or, probably cheaper, a new board. Try several keyboards too.

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Just check whether the pins on both sides (female and male, as well) are not bent.

Check also whether the PS/2 port is showing under Device Manager after your PS/2 keyboard/mouse is attached to the port.

Check out the following link on how to enable the PS/2 function at BIOS level:-

http://www.ehow.com/how_7267883_enable-ps2-usb-bios.html

simple solution go to service center

Yeah, looks like it's your turn though. :coolwink:

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Just check whether the pins on both sides (female and male, as well) are not bent.

Check also whether the PS/2 port is showing under Device Manager after your PS/2 keyboard/mouse is attached to the port.

Check out the following link on how to enable the PS/2 function at BIOS level:-

http://www.ehow.com/how_7267883_enable-ps2-usb-bios.html

simple solution go to service center

Yeah, looks like it's your turn though. :coolwink:

hahaha this one made my day :D

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Just check whether the pins on both sides (female and male, as well) are not bent.

Check also whether the PS/2 port is showing under Device Manager after your PS/2 keyboard/mouse is attached to the port.

Check out the following link on how to enable the PS/2 function at BIOS level:-

http://www.ehow.com/how_7267883_enable-ps2-usb-bios.html

simple solution go to service center

Yeah, looks like it's your turn though. :coolwink:

lol !!! first give a solution here then its my turn !!! lol :P :showoff: :showoff: :showoff:

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