[rescue] Best brains: Dead keyboard ports on PC hardware

[Phil Stracchino]

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2007, at 7:43 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
>> I have a hardware-failure-workaround problem on older PC hardware.
>> Specifically, an ASUS P5A motherboard bearing an AMD K6-III/450
>> processor.[1]  (I don't think I've asked this before, but please bear
>> with me and remind me if I have.)
> 
> Are you sure it is not a bad capacitor?  If so, and you are handy  
> with a soldering gun, buying a capacitor of equal or slightly greater  
> capacity and replacing it would be the simplest solution.

There are no visible bad caps on the board.  All the ones I can see look
fine.  (A little dusty in some cases, but fine otherwise.)


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