[GRLUG] Will adapters do the job?

[Mark Farver]

USB to PS/2 adapters will only work if the USB device supports emulating a
ps2 device.  Unless the adapter came with the device it probably won't work.
On Aug 23, 2014 10:14 PM, "Justin Denick" <jdenick at rtl.org> wrote:

> If the LCD has a VGA port, it shouldn't matter. But if the video driver is
> very basic and the LCD is very high end, you could justify trying an older
> LCD or a snap in PCI just to see.
>
> If the numlock key is responsive and the network/hd lights are working,
> you can be sure the box is on and probably working.
>
> HID is a stupid acronym for human interface device.
>
> I think ps is peripheral serial, but I'm wrong more often than not.
>
>
> -j
>
>
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> On Aug 23, 2014, at 10:03 PM, Eric Beversluis <
> ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 21:39 -0400, Justin Denick wrote:
>
> Slax will start anything.
>
>
> Regardless of BIOS boot order settings?
>
> But I do recall some optiplexes being picky about not using ps2 hid's
>
> ('hid's'?)
>
>
> How much nothing do you get--BIOS, POST, noise, numlock?
>
> I did get two beeps during POST, HDD sounds like it's working, and there
> was a light on the keyboard, don't remember if it was the numlock. So
> maybe the ps/2 adapters are ok. Would the flatscreen monitor rather than
> CRT cause a problem?
>
>
> If it's sat for too long you may need to replace the battery on the board.
>
>
> If it comes to that I'll just pull the HDD and figure a different way to
> test it and wipe it if necessary.
>
>
> -j
>
>
>
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>
>
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>
>
> On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Eric Beversluis <
> ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
>
>
> I've got an old Dell Optiplex GS110 I'm trying to start up (after it has
>
> sat for many years) to check what's on the HDD before scrapping it.
>
>
> I tried using USB-to-PS/2 adapters for the USB mouse and keyboard and a
>
> VGA flatscreen monitor and got nothing. Should that setup work or could
>
> the adapters or the flatscreen monitor be the problem?
>
>
> If that setup won't work, I'll probably just have to pull the HDD and
>
> check it out on a Linux box. I'm guessing that a computer of that
>
> vintage won't boot from a live CD or USB, especially if I can't get in
>
> to change the boot order in BIOS.
>
>
>
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