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Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

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From: Harry Broomhall
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00
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In article <912786578snz@longley.demon.co.uk>,
	David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> In article <748omr$30tg$1@quince.news.easynet.net>
>            haeb@easynet.net "Harry Broomhall" writes:
[SNIP]
>>   I cannot recall an instance of this in all my years of using 
>> WfWg.  (And I still use it for MIDI and related things.)
>> 
>>   Nor can I think of a mechanism for this to happen.  
>> 
>>   How 'locked' is the keyboard. e.g. does the caps lock still
>> work etc?
>> 
> 
> Keyboard  is  frozen.  I *have* seen this before,  I  just  can't 
> recall  the solution. My bet is on the NIC or caching. Odd  thing 
> is there are 13 machines which are basically all the same and  it 
> only happens on a few.

   Hm. I take it that the mouse still works.  I would say that there
is a problem with the the keyboard driver unit.  The reboots
might be allowing it to warm up a bit and then work.  If it *is* this
then it's new motherboard time in lots of cases.

   You *might* try varying the A20 gate setting (which is on the same
chip) to see if that helps - but this is a bit clutching at straws!

   I'll have a look at my copy of the Resource Kit when I get home
to see if there is any clue there.

   Regards,
      Harry.
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From: haeb@haeb.noc.easynet.net (Harry Broomhall)
Subject: Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?
Date: 1998/12/04
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