[clue] new computer part 2

[Dennis J Perkins]

I had a board where USB would not work until the kernel had started USB.  
Probably a bug in the BIOS.  I doubt that any boards now available suffer from 
that problem.

On Sunday, October 07, 2012 09:46:25 AM Jim Ockers wrote:
> Hi Collins,
> 
> Collins Richey wrote:
> > Just a refresher. I put up a new computer with a MB is a gigabyte
> > 880GA-ud3h MB, AMD PhenomII cpu, 8G
> > memory. I have a pair of 1TB hardrives in radi1 setup (on-board raid).
> > 
> > After lots of startup pains, I now have a usable system, but you may
> > find some of the quirks quite interesting if frustrating.
> > 
> > 1. No system in the boot phase can use the USB keyboard (Grub, menu
> > choices for an installer DVD, etc.). Once a real kernel has been
> > booted, the keyboard works just fine..The same thing applies to grub
> > text menu choices booted in a VM, but the grub gui menu works just
> > fine. More about VMs below.
> 
> Can you use your USB keyboard to go into the BIOS? Like, hit DEL or F2
> or whatever during the POST, and then use the arrow keys, enter, ESC
> keys etc. to navigate through the BIOS screens? If you can, then I would
> think you would also be able to use the USB keyboard on the GRUB screens.
> 
> The USB keyboard is supposed to be supported by the BIOS until the OS
> USB drivers are loaded, or in the case of some stupid OS like DOS there
> may be no USB drivers. Maybe your keyboard is somehow not compatible
> with your motherboard's BIOS. Could you try a different one?
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Jim