No keyboard present error Created 17 years ago2006-08-05 10:55:10 UTC by satchmo

I have had my computer for 18 months or so. It's running perfectly until recently, when I started to encounter this error message when I boot up.

This doesn't happen every time I boot, only occasionally (1 out of 5 times). When I see this message, I can just press F1 and continue the boot process. Everything works fine (including the keyboard) after I bypassed it by hitting F1.

I already googled for an answer, and most tech forum suggest that it's a CMOS error. Do I have to replace the CMOS battery?

Here is my spec:

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Athlon 3200+ XP
ASUS nFORCE2 A7N8X-E Deluxe
1 GB Corsair in dual-channel
Antec TRUE430 ATX PSU
SEAGATE 7200 ST3200822AS HDD

Thanks in advance.

18 monhts is way to short to require a battery change
In your BIOS setup there is an entry that says halt on keyborad error or something, just switch it off and you wont get an error anymore.

The CMOS battery should be working fine for 5+ years or so.
I doubt, that it's causing the problem.