Intel Bios Issue

[acman 10]

Hi Ghozer, I’ll give those a try when I get home later, when it boots, I get a Viglen splash screen, not sure if that’s relevant, 

Regards

[zach 234]

Viglen are used in business and education.

 

Only a guess but it was quite common to disable USB ports in the above places. If you pulled the CMOS battery, it should have wiped those settings though.

[acman 10]

I’ll pull the cmos battery again and leave a decent while, 

[acman 10]

After trying everything, still nothing, looking at the issue and doing a bit of web digging, it looks like USB legacy support has been disabled, which to me is like locking the keys in the safe...., so I can't find a workaround, so the PC is scrap really.

Regards

[Ghozer 112]

There will be a way of getting it going... don't scrap it, i'll have it if you're not that fussed about it

[zach 234]

9 hours ago, acman said:

After trying everything, still nothing, looking at the issue and doing a bit of web digging, it looks like USB legacy support has been disabled, which to me is like locking the keys in the safe...., so I can't find a workaround, so the PC is scrap really.

Regards

Agreed, it was a bad idea for builders to do this from the factory. I agree with Ghozer that there will be a way round it. I keep one of these handy to access USB ports directly on the board. It only works the same as the front USB header, I just find them better for digging down to a single port and eliminating case USB problems. The link is just for the picture, eBay/Amazon should have them for a couple of quid.

[acman 10]

Hi Ghozer, I’ve left the CMOS battery out all night, I’ll try later on when I get home from work,  I’ve already tried this though, odd thing is when it reboots after the battery is removed , it knows the battery has failed, if I then try to reboot it doesn’t report this, if I can’t get this going, you can have it mate.

Regards

[acman 10]

Cheers Zach, it maybe the keyboard that’s the issue, it’s basic one from currys and only a few months old and works ok when the pc was working,  if anyone wants to have a tinker I can bring it to them for a look, It’s going to be something daft,  don’t mind paying a bit, but  it’s only used for printing, scanning etc so if it has to be replaced it will be another basic one, 

Regards

[zach 234]

No problem mate. I know what a pain in the backside problems like that can be. I have a few brand new HP basic USB keyboards. If you want to try one, you're welcome to pop round with the PC or try one for a couple of days and drop it off when you're done.

[acman 10]

Cheers Zach, worth  try, I’ll send a PM