fake keyboard

[westredd]

Are there devices that you can buy that fool the computer into thinking that a kaybaord is plugged into the PS2 port allowing it to boot up? We need to use this in a server room where a real keybaord is not practical.. thanks

 

[biglebowski]

You should be able to disbale halt on errors or disable the look for keyboard in the BIOS. Or connect the server to a KVM or this from google but I don't know if it would work.

http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/bchafy/keyboard_trick.txt

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[travs69]

Definitely just disable it in the bios... I haven't come across a server/pc yet (well since 1998) that you haven't been able to do this. Just do what biglebowski said.

 

[westredd]

thanks guys, ill check out the bios.

 

[gbaughma]

I have a couple of little "hot swap" boxes.

You plug it into the keyboard/mouse ports, then when you need to plug in a keyboard for whatever reason, you plug your keyboard/mouse into the ports on the box.

It "fakes" the computer into thinking that there is a keyboard and mouse plugged in, and allows you to hot plug a keyboard/mouse into the unit.

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/de...at=adwords&cm_pla=Cables&cm_ite=raritan_apkme

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