Boot T40 Without Key Board

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Boot T40 Without Key Board

#1 Post by megascribe » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:54 am

I have a T40 system board that I would like to test first before selling on Ebay. The problem is I don't have a keyboard to plug into it, so there's no start button to get it to boot. Is there another way I can boot this board into bios - just to see if it works?

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Re: Boot T40 Without Key Board

#2 Post by Neil » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:11 am

AFAIK, you need either a keyboard, or a dock with a power button on it.
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Re: Boot T40 Without Key Board

#3 Post by j00j4nt200 » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:18 pm

You can try WOL (Wake-On-Lan) dunno will it work without keyboard attached.

http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN

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Re: Boot T40 Without Key Board

#4 Post by Robbyrobot » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:54 am

The suggestion of using a dock (port replicator) is the best. These cost only around $15 for the T4x series, and are well worth the money for testing boards. You'll also need at least one RAM module, plus a PS/2 keyboard, plus an external monitor to test.

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