Solved cannot access BIOS after fitting USB 3 PCI card

r2015

So what happens when you try to access the BIOS using a keyboard plugged into the PS2 port?

It works.

try a different PCI slot

There is only one PCI slot.

maas

In that case then I'd just use the PS2 port for now and report it on the motherboards manufacturers forum.

kwikbreaks

Did you try the USB keyboard in other USB ports? What about the new USB3 ports?

That's just for interest though. You already had a workround from your original post - use the PS2 port. If the PC has one of those it's pretty old anyway so I doubt you'll get anywhere looking for a fix as you already have the latest BIOS.

tronator

Is it by any chance a MSI board? I have/had the same problem with a TV card, which was actually a USB controller with the tuners attached to it the USB ports internally.

I had the clear the CMOS with the jumper on the mainboard or remove the card to get into the BIOS again. What a PITA...

So I would say it's a BIOS problem and if you already have the newest one you're out of luck...

r2015

Is it by any chance a MSI board?

　


No.

The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV and the BIOS is ver FH

A.Penny.Saved

It might be worth checking for a USB firmware update because they often update to resolve problems. My 2+2 port Renesas based PCI-e card has had a couple of firmware updates so far.

Find out how you can check the current firmware version. Sometimes it shows in device manager but you might need to run an update to find out in some cases depending upon how well it works. My card shows the firmware version on device properties advance tab in device manager.

poppellerant

r2015 wrote: »

　


No.

The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV and the BIOS is ver FH

You've got either revision 2.0 or 2.1 of that motherboard and the specs for both revisions indicate that the motherboard has more than one PCI express slot - unless the x16 is already occupied by a graphic card?

1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
   (All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3. 2 x PCI slots

There is also a later version of the BIOS, FId, which is in beta stage. But I've used beta BIOS without problems on a number of motherboards, so I wouldn't be too concerned.

Again, try resetting the BIOS in the way I've described earlier. Ideally before and after flashing the BIOS.

r2015

unless the x16 is already occupied by a graphic card

It is.

There is also a satellite card and firewire card as well.

There is no problem when in Windows, it is getting into the BIOS when booting that is the problem.

System

I think you need to look at how you access the 2 different OS's. You should set the machine up as dual boot not go into the BIOS each time to select a different OS - that is doing things the hard way.

poppellerant

Well your motherboard supports onboard graphics. Why not try removing the graphic card first, then putting the USB 3.0 card in the PCI express x16 slot?