Re: press 4 to unlock core

On 2020-10-22 22:24, VanguardLH wrote:
> bad sector <forgetski@postit_INVALID_.gov> wrote:
> 
>> The keyboard is DURGOD all-usb gaming one ...
> 
> https://www.newegg.com/Gaming-Keyboards/BrandSubCat/ID-198575-3523
> 
> That lists several models of Durgod.  Since Newegg doesn't show a PS/2
> filter for that list, looks like none of them can be moved to a PS/2
> port on the computer.

It's a Durgod Taurus k-320 (made in China), and
the reason I got it was that

- my old one broke a support
- I was up to here with num locks being ON by default
   so I wanted a keyboard with NO numpad :)

It's a *good heavy mechanical* keyboard but
something in it makes it slow to be recognised.

As I said it's a problem ONLY in the very early
stages of boot, and

*I just realise now what that means*

..it's slow ONLY before the OS ignores the BIOS
and takes over, but then it's slow to the point of
sometimes being dead.

I bought it at amazon, thing is that living out
in the sticks sending anything back involves
prohibitive shipping costs, nor do I really wanna
get riod of it ALTHOUGH the next one might be
a Ps2, or I might try it with a generic Ps2 adapter?

> When the mobo is booted, the CPU gets reset and also sends out a reset
> to all the hardware.  That is to initialize all hardware to a known good
> state.  When you cold boot (not warm boot) the computer, do the LEDs on
> the keyboard blink to indicate it got the reset signal?
> 
> Presumably you have already tried a different USB port.

I've seen the led's flash, and yeh, I tried different usb
ports a trick which BTW works when for example
keys have no effect when a boot menu shows up (that
too is before OS takeover BTW). When that happens I
can change port or just reseat in the same port for
it to get picked up. Problem is I cannot do that fast
enough to get 'Del' in for a BIOS edit
  
> cheap USB-only keyboard: no problem.
> gamer USB-only keyboard: problem exists.
> 
> Problem resolved.  The gamer keyboard is farked.
  
Well, it _is_ a problem during early boot, the rest
of the problem is still waiting.