I'm faced with a good motherboard where the PS2 keyboard connector has been damaged (by an accidental pull on the cable). The board is an FIC with AMD Athlon 700 CPU. It looks like the connector cannot be repaired, but the rest works well. The suggestion has been put to me that with a USB keyboard, the system may boot up and operate in this condition. Do you know if this is likely to work? (had always thought a conventional keyboard would be needed at least at the start). -- Regards, John Durham <mailto:modec@xxxxxxxxx > ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 PC-HELPERS members mailto:pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com Open your PayPal account https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=john.modec%40xtra.co.nz Get paid to learn http://www.itpaystolearn.com/default.asp?ref_id=AAS007 PC-HELPERS list subscribe at http://pchelpers.5er.com Get massive hits to your site http://www.startblaze.com/cgi-bin/intro.cgi?11590 Classified ad site http://www.spunge.org/~johndurh/cgi-bin/classifieds.cgi Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.