To get back on topic - I thought I might ask you people about a problem I'm
having with a Dell model 333P (it's a 386). It has PS/2 keyboard and mouse
ports. It won't finish POST. It gives "Keyboard Failure" message when using
one keyboard and adapter combination and "Keyboard clock line failure"
message when using another keyboard and adapter combination.
Note - I don't have any PS/2 keyboards so I have to use one of two PS/2
adapters
(both adapter keyboard combinations work on other PS/2 ported computers
including another Dell)
Now I've done my homework and checked the Dell troubleshooting information
on their site and although I wasn't able to find model specific information
for this error several other models gave only two options - bad keyboard or
bad system board.
Well that's not too encouraging. Except for the outside possibility that
there is something 'special' about the keyboard that went with the 333P - I
think I've ruled out the keyboard after trying 2 different adapters and 3
different keyboards. Does that only leave me with a bad system board? What
about the BIOS? I once upgraded the BIOS chips on a 286 and there were two
chips - one was marked 'keyboard'. Is there any hope there? I'd like to
save this one as it has some interesting features for a 386. It has 72-pin
memory and PS/2 ports. It also has an open coprocessor socket and I just
happen to have a Cyrix FastMath 387 that I've been wondering what to do
with.
By the way - just putting in another system board is not going to work
since this is one of those proprietary boards with integrated video and
ports. So I'd have to find another 333P board. Don't see too many of them
just laying around.....
So how about it folks - any ideas on saving this SURVPC from the scrap
heap?
Dave
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