cmos checksum error and non responsive keyboard

[shapiro]

brand new msi mobo, and i get "cmos checksum error - defaults loaded" on startup. it says press f1 to continue or del to enter setup but pressing either key does nothing at all. the keyboard pretty much doesnt respond. its a ps2 keyboard and a brand new mobo, what do i do.

[shapiro]

help please?

[dreamz Veteran]

is the keyboard or keyboard port broken?

does this occur at every boot?

[shapiro]

its a brand new mobo so i hope the keyboard port isnt broken. as far as I know, the keyboard worked fine on the old mobo. it does happen every boot and because i have to press a key to continue i cant get any further or to the bios settings or desktop or anything. someone suggested i return the mobo, maybe i should?

[pimpshiznid]

Mine does this when in bios, it says it has a floppy drive, when in all reality there isn't one. So it tries to boot from the floppy first, and it can't...

[Captain Caveman]

Check the manual and see if there's a jumper to disable the PS2 Keyboard port.. maybe it was shipped with it being disabled (doubtful)..

If not, try another keyboard or a USB keyboard.. if neither work, board is ******..

And Pimpshiznid.. just disable the floppy in the bios and set the first boot devcice to IDE0 to get rid of that error.

[pimpshiznid]

  Captain Caveman said:

Check the manual and see if there's a jumper to disable the PS2 Keyboard port.. maybe it was shipped with it being disabled (doubtful)..

If not, try another keyboard or a USB keyboard.. if neither work, board is ******..

And Pimpshiznid.. just disable the floppy in the bios and set the first boot devcice to IDE0 to get rid of that error.

I fixed my problem a long time ago.... lol. Just trying to help him with a solution.

[shapiro]

i dont have any other ps2 keyboards, my mac has a usb keyboard and i tried that and it didnt work. i also tried putting my optical mouse in the usb and it didnt light up, should it on startup?