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My friend bought a Gigabyte motherboard for use in a hackintosh and for some reason it does not detect the keyboard. The keyboard lights up but no input is detected. He can not access the BIOS and has tried many things such as:

  • Clearing the CMOS
  • Removing all unnecessary components
  • Using a different keyboard
  • Using a USB to PS/2 adapter
  • Using different USB ports

Right now I do not have the exact model but I know that it is a Socket 2011. I will find out the model and update my post.

UPDATE #1________________________________________________________________________________

Ok i'm going to clear up some things

THERE IS NO OS INSTALLED ON THE PC!

When it boots this happens:

  1. POWER BUTTON PRESSED
  2. SYSTEM BEEPS ONCE
  3. BIOS SPLASH SCREEN SHOWS
  4. CANNOT ACCESS BIOS AS KEYBOARD DOESN'T WORK
Harris Mirza
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I found this post because I too have a Gigabyte motherboard (ga-m59sli-s4) in my desktop PC and was unable to change the boot order and launch a linux live distro.

However, I SOLVED my problem!

I was able to use USB-keyboard in the BIOS setup but most options were locked and couldn't be changed (including "USB Keyboard support" which was disabled). The solution was simply to put the keyboard in a different USB-port on the back of the computer; front panel ports didn't work. Assuming you're looking straight at the back of the computer with the motherboard fitted vertically to the left side of the tower, it's the top right USB-port in my case but try them all. Doing this not only unlocked the "USB keyboard support"-option but also enabled all other options in the bios (e.g. set supervisor password, adjust CPU clock speed, temperature control etc.)

Gigabyte ga-m59sli-s4
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I know I am years late to this issue, but maybe others have to work with old hardware.

For me, the only solution was to buy a cheap PS/2 keyboard (Perixx PERIBOARD-409P, Mini Keyboard - PS2 Interface), and set the BIOS using it. Once you enable USB keyboard support in the BIOS, you no longer need the PS/2 keyboard.

It is ironic that selecting Fail-safe defaults disables USB keyboard support. Then you need to use a PS/2 keyboard again.

Mike Slinn
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Have you checked if you are using old monitor Gigabyte 3D bios not compatible with Old monitor. try to change the monitor, might be it works for you. See this post Gigabyte keyboard not working

Mann
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For G41-Combo series, Goto BIOS setup using DELETE button at PC Startup. Goto Integrated Peripherals and ENABLE the USB Keyboard Function at bottom.

noman404
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