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I have an NF7S motherboard and I'm having trouble with the keyboard. Even when the PC first boots up and I try and press delete to get into bios, there is no response. I have tried three keyboards so I'm fairly sure its not that. Also, since this is even in BIOS I'm thinking it can't be a software problem (at least not Windows).
When the PC is off for a while and I first turn it on, the lights on the keyboard flicker as usual. However, in any subsequent reboots the lights don't flash. I can't get any response from the keyboard after five minutes after bootup. I has worked in windows, but intermitantly.
The one thing that I found is that the northbridge fan has been dead for an unkown amount of time. (How is anyone supposed to know if its running if the case is closed?). I'm thinking that the northbridge could be either fried or damaged. The video still works without problems though. The mouse works about 70% of the time in windows and the keyboard works about 10% of the time for up to five minutes. Comparatively, the mouse is much more reliable :-P
I'm thinking that this has to be a hardware problem or some type of BIOS/low level firmware virus. Is it common to fry the northbirdge? How do I know if its dead?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
When the PC is off for a while and I first turn it on, the lights on the keyboard flicker as usual. However, in any subsequent reboots the lights don't flash. I can't get any response from the keyboard after five minutes after bootup. I has worked in windows, but intermitantly.
The one thing that I found is that the northbridge fan has been dead for an unkown amount of time. (How is anyone supposed to know if its running if the case is closed?). I'm thinking that the northbridge could be either fried or damaged. The video still works without problems though. The mouse works about 70% of the time in windows and the keyboard works about 10% of the time for up to five minutes. Comparatively, the mouse is much more reliable :-P
I'm thinking that this has to be a hardware problem or some type of BIOS/low level firmware virus. Is it common to fry the northbirdge? How do I know if its dead?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.