I-Pac Problems

[Infernarl]

This is supposedly where to turn for i-pac problems, but there doesn't seem to be a subforum and the search is currently broken.

The problem I am having is that when I turn on my computer there is a repeating beep from the motherboard speaker, and when the os loads, my controls do nothing, and ps2 connected stuff doesn't work. USB keyboards and mice will work. and PS2 stuff will work when the i-pac is not connected. The I-pac shows two solid green lights.

i have the 4 player ipac. can some one point me in the right direction?

[Gatt]

That's actually probably not an I-pac problem.

A motherboard has what's called "Beep-codes",  a certain pattern of beeps indicates things.  One beep may be "Ok",  two beeps might be "Video card failure".  You'd have to identify your motherboard and google it's beep-codes,  identify what they're telling you,  and then post back.

It's possible that the code is "Keyboard failure",  but that doesn't necessarily means it's the Ipac,  it could be a partial failure of the I/O that controls the PS2 port,  and being tempremental about the Ipac.

So my approach would be:

Google and identify beep-code
Test Ipac on another computer if possible

That PS2 stuff won't work when the Ipac is plugged in tells me the I/O is failing on it's input,  but that could be either then Ipac or the board.


I'm actually leaning towards the board,  because if it were the Ipac,  the board should throw up a "Keyboard failure" screen on boot.

[taylormadelv]

If you connect the ipac to the computer via PS2 you must have your PS2 keyboard connected to the ipac keyboard pass-through for it to function properly.

[AndyWarne]

If you connect the ipac to the computer via PS2 you must have your PS2 keyboard connected to the ipac keyboard pass-through for it to function properly.

The above is completely incorrect.

OP can you drop me an email and we can get this fixed: andy@ultimarc.com

[phunk311]

Mine did the same thing the first time I turned on my pc. Turns out one of the pushbuttons was stuck. Same thing would happen if you held down a button on your keyboard.

[Infernarl]

Ok coming back to this after a while:

I get two short warning beeps (which seems to be a [2 - Parity error in base memory]) ONLY when the I-Pac is connected.

Starts up fine when another keyboard is connected or when no keyboard is connected.