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mpedrummer2 · 01-13-2004, 04:24 PM

How would I make a device to convince a computer that a keyboard was plugged in?

I have a pallet of Compaq Deskpro PII 333's that I'm trying to play around with clustering. The problem is, they halt on keyboard errors, and that can't be overridden in the BIOS as far as I can tell. I already updated to the most recent BIOS, too.

I also have a pallet of dead keyboards, and I was thinking that there has to be a way to cut off the ends, short some pins (or maybe add resistors of some kind) and fool it into thinking there's a keyboard there.

Any takers? Google has been kinda useless so far, so I'm kinda stuck.

Thanks
MPEDrummer

01-13-2004, 04:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
mpedrummer2 Insane	PS/2 Loopbacks How would I make a device to convince a computer that a keyboard was plugged in? I have a pallet of Compaq Deskpro PII 333's that I'm trying to play around with clustering. The problem is, they halt on keyboard errors, and that can't be overridden in the BIOS as far as I can tell. I already updated to the most recent BIOS, too. I also have a pallet of dead keyboards, and I was thinking that there has to be a way to cut off the ends, short some pins (or maybe add resistors of some kind) and fool it into thinking there's a keyboard there. Any takers? Google has been kinda useless so far, so I'm kinda stuck. Thanks MPEDrummer __________________ My sig can beat up your honor student.