Here is a hard one to solve...

AnastieByte · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:06

I own an Asus P5Q Deluxe and its a great board and suits my needs. Previously over the years I have accessed the bios to over clock by hitting the delete key on my reculsa USB keyboard.

I tried this again recently to no avail. It appears that my keyboard does not wake up from the computer starting quick enough for me to hit delete before the windows 7 scree welcomes me!

To solve this I tried a USB to PS2 adapter. No keyboard found!

Today I bought a PS2 keyboard and guess what? No keyboard found.

Not sure if my PS2 port is borked.

So how the hell to I access the bios now?

Advice appreciated

Surveyor · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:33

Don't try hitting the delete key at the right moment.

Just hold the delete key down then switch the PC on.

Keep the delete key pressed until, hopefully, you're in the BIOS.

AnastieByte · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:40

Surveyor said:
Don't try hitting the delete key at the right moment.

Just hold the delete key down then switch the PC on.

Keep the delete key pressed until, hopefully, you're in the BIOS.

Thanks for the reply. That did not work

Boss_man · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:46

Have you tried resetting bios m8

AnastieByte · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:52

Boss_man said:
Have you tried resetting bios m8

Not yet. That may be my last resort to remove the CMOS battery.

Daft question time - I recall when I put my SSD in last year I set the BIOS to AHCI. If I reset the bios will that change? I did not want to screw settings up

bigjimmyauk · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:57

AnastieByte said:
Not yet. That may be my last resort to remove the CMOS battery.

Daft question time - I recall when I put my SSD in last year I set the BIOS to AHCI. If I reset the bios will that change? I did not want to screw settings up

silly question but do u have a logitech keyboard?

AnastieByte · 6 Oct 2011 at 20:20

bigjimmyauk said:
silly question but do u have a logitech keyboard?

Nope it's a Microsoft reculsa

bigjimmyauk · 6 Oct 2011 at 20:45

AnastieByte said:
Nope it's a Microsoft reculsa

Mm ok i have the problem with my logitech because it's drivers don't boot quick enough to use, i solved the problem by buying an el cheapo usb.

Another workaround i found was to unplug all other USB stuff so just the keyboard is left.