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IPAC not being detected at POST...
Sinner:
I have a PS/2 IPAC4...I connected it to player1 controls (1 joystick and 7 buttons), I have daisy chained the ground connections and tested with a continuity tester...everything seems to be connected correctly, but when I power on the PC, it stops on POST with a no keyboard error...I know the system works, because I have an X-Arcade and it works fine...there is no flash on the LEDs of the IPAC, they just come on and stay on...
anyone have any ideas??
Sinner:
I thought a key might be stuck or something that might cause an error at boot up, so I connected a regular keyboard, once in Windows, I opened Notepad, and connected the IPAC...I was hoping to see a stream of characters across the screen, but there was nothing...maybe it was a control key or something, but all the switches are connected to NO and the common ground...I dunno what else to check...
markrvp:
I would try disconnecting all the switches from the Ipac. Connect the Ipac to the computer and boot it up with nothing connected to it. If the computer boots, then try grounding one input to ground and see if you get a keystroke.
Also, do you have another computer you can hook the Ipac to? I have one motherboard that always gives me boot problems depending on what ps2 and USB peripherals are connected.
Jess--:
I had a motherboard that woudl throw up a keyboard error if I had a keyboard daisy chained off the ipac, My solution was to go into the bios and tell the computer to ignore keyboard errors (mind you my ipac would work fine after throwing the error)
Sinner:
Well, I tried plugging in a keyboard and booting the PC...then, once in Widows, I unplugged it, and plugged in the IPAC...it worked fine...I played a few games, then shut down...once I rebooted, it didn't work again...I disabled the "Halt on Keyboard Errors" option in the BIOS, and tried again...this time thePC would boot, but once in Windows the IPAC wouldn't respond...I'm going to see if I can get another PC in there to try...