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[benn600]

With some of my home theater PC's, I am required to have a keyboard hooked up.  Thankfully the new ones I am building now in nice HTPC enclosures do not require one, but a few of the older ones do.  So does anyone know of a tiny PS/2 or USB dongle that will simply mimic a non-usable keyboard?  It would be worth not having to pile a gigantic, disgusting keyboard with each machine.

[rpalmer68]

With some of my home theater PC's, I am required to have a keyboard hooked up.  Thankfully the new ones I am building now in nice HTPC enclosures do not require one, but a few of the older ones do.  So does anyone know of a tiny PS/2 or USB dongle that will simply mimic a non-usable keyboard?  It would be worth not having to pile a gigantic, disgusting keyboard with each machine.

Isn't there normally a bios setting to fix this?

[zxsix]

That's what I'm thinking.  It's called 'halt on keyboard error' in mine.

[benn600]

Unfortunately, one of the two computers I'm having this problem with has minimal bios settings.  The other is one I built myself with a much more full bios.  I should definitely check for the option.

But still, it could be as simple as a wireless keyboard & mouse, just throwing away the keyboard and mouse!  Just a tiny wireless keyboard dongle!  I know, I'll call up Microsoft and say I have their keyboard, the one with the TINY wireless dongle.  I lost it!  Free replacement?

[zxsix]

$25 will get you the dongle and keyboard.  Throw the keyboard in a desk drawer or closet.
Just a bluetooth dongle would be less $, but not sure the keyboard would accept that unless an actual keyboard was detected and driver installed the first time.  Probably should get the set.

[benn600]

Exactly.  Unfortunately, I already have too much old junk but I could probably manage some solution.