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Booting without keyboard

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  • 11-05-2004 5:21pm
    #1
    Stky10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭


    I have a PC with Windows XP Pro installed that I want
    to boot without a keyboard or mouse attached, but
    when it boots it gives a "keyboard error or no keyboard
    present" error. I've gone in to the BIOS settings
    (Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility)
    but I can't see any setting that would fix it.

    Anyone got any ideas as to how to fix it??. Is it a
    registry setting or a BIOS setting??


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    #2
    ColmOT [MSFT]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 545 ✭✭✭ColmOT [MSFT]


    I'm not sure that you can do this with that BIOS....I could be wrong though.

    Headless booting requires a special BIOS/Mobo I think.


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    egan007
    Registered Users Posts: 2,934 ✭✭✭egan007


    colm is right - it's bios dependant

    If you just need to boot it once can u borrow a mouse kb and plug it out after bios check?
    alternatively you could buy a kb & mouse dongle
    (mimics presence of kb & mouse)


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Do you get "No keyboard detected, press Del to enter setup"? :D:D
    But seriously, I thought Award Bios' had a setting for halt on errors. Could have been in the first setting screen (can't remember name, the on at top left) or advanced Bios features. Something like
    Halt on error: (all but keyboard/mouse) (all) (something else)
    Then you just select which conditions it should halt on, if any. It's been a while since I had a mobo with Award bios though (BP6, about 4 years ago). Lately they've all been stupid AMI, though my current AMI bios is very usable. If the setting isn't there though you're goosed. Buy a cheep keyboard/mouse and leave them connected.


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