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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Aliecake on Mon, 10 June 2019, 14:39:23
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TLDR: How can I troubleshoot malfunctioning keyboard to see if it needs repair or PS/2 serial is failing on computer
Im an owner of a circa 1991 Model M PS/2 connection. Ive owned it for 17+ years and have never had a problem until today.
My CPU(about 3 years old) has a PS/2 serial port. I lost my PS/2 to usb adapter 10 or so years ago.
Keyboard was unresponsive this morning. After a restart, it worked again.
However, throughout the day computer beeps once then keyboard goes unresponsive again. I dont believe its losing power(most recent episode num lock light stayed on).
ONE time, computer beeped more than once (3 times? I didnt get an exact count) before going unresponsive. All other times its been 1 beep.
Anyone have any ideas how to troubleshoot it to figure out if its my port or my keyboard? Any suggestions are much appreciated.
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Wanted to update instead of just deleting in case anyone else runs into this issue.
Pretty sure its my PS/2 serial port failing/shorting. Found my other model M and it did the same thing after about 30minutes.
Ordered a new active adapter.