Topic: BIOS hack...

[Steve]

I have a JETWAY J-542C motherboard with an Award BIOS. My server will not reboot w/ keyboard removed. It sits waiting for an F1 or del keystroke. I have gone all through the BIOS settings to enable keyboardless operation w/out success. Does anyone know of a BIOS hack or workaround?

[aniston]

hello steve,

are you sure that you have set the option in standars CMOS settings :: Halt on  = All errors (generally towards the end) must be set to "No errors" in 90% of the cases this should work, except for some branded machines.

cheers,
aniston.

[Luke Drumm]

If you're handy with a soldering iron or are lucky enough to find one pre-made down at your local electronics store, it's possible to get a keyboard 'stub'. This device is simply a keyboard plug rewired so that the BIOS 'sees' a working keyboard.

[ed sharpe archivist for]

here is a novel idea, keyboards are really  worth nothing.... just leave  one plugged in and stash it behind the server!

ed sharpeSteve wrote:
>
> I have a JETWAY J-542C motherboard with an Award BIOS. My
> server will not reboot w/ keyboard removed. It sits waiting
> for an F1 or del keystroke. I have gone all through the BIOS
> settings to enable keyboardless operation w/out success. Does
> anyone know of a BIOS hack or workaround?

[Steve]

Mr. ed sharpe archivist for SMECC,

keyboards are very inexpensive, however the idea of running a headless server is to remove the monitor and keyboard, not just stash it. Lets be novel and use the device as it is intended. Anyway a keyboard left stashed at a clients site is temptation for the curious to futz with the darn thing.

G'day