Accidentally Disabled USB Auto Detect BIOS-GB MB--Now no keyboard-HELP

[jamesrwright]

I was messing around and accidentally clicked disable USB auto detect in the bios of my Gigabyte MB-now I no longer have a keyboard and have no idea how to get it back. Any ideas on how I can get this changed back?

 

[capt_taco]

Unplug the machine and open the case. Take out the CMOS battery on your motherboard. Wait 10 minutes or so just to be sure. This should reset the BIOS back to factory defaults.

Then just put the battery back, put the case back together and turn the machine back on. It should work now.

edit: Also, depending on what motherboard you have, doing this may turn the onboard video adapter back on and any plug-in video cards off. If you don't get any display, that's probably what happened. You'll have to go back into the BIOS to fix that.

 

[Wolygon]

If you know how to reset the CMOS with a jumper etc you can do that as its easier then taking out the battery. Also if you have a PS/2 keyboard laying around you could use that to set it back.

"accidentally clicked disable USB auto detect"
You can't "click" in the BIOS. =]

 

[capt_taco]

I will just second the fact that if the motherboard supports a PS/2 keyboard and you have an old one, that is probably going to be easier than opening up the case. They also have USB-to-PS2 adpaters for keyboards and mice that you can get for like $3. Of course, it all depends on whether your specific motherboard has that connection, which we don't know without the model.

Anyway, one of these methods ought to work.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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[Mousemonkey]

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