machine hangs on bios "welcome" message

[ikonia]

hi all,

I've had a working new machine for around a month now, its an Asus AV8 rev2 motherboard with a Athlon FX55 CPU

Its been working without any issues.

Today I installed Microsoft Active Sync for my IPAQ and rebooted.

Now when the machine powers on it sits on the Asus "welcome" screen.

the keyboard is dead (no num lock on /off or ctrl+alt+delete) I can't hit tab for post messages and I can't hit delete to enter the bios.

I can only hold down the power button or hit reset to try again (which it still hangs on )

this can't be anything to do with active sync as this is simpley software however, it is probably the reboot that has highlighted this issue.

I get no beeps on power on

What can cause this ?

Suggestions on resolutions ?

Keep in mind this machine has been working fine, and has had about 2 reboots today without issue

Urgent and solid advice required.

[ikonia]

well, unplugging the USB cradle for the for the IPAQ and the machine booted.

Back to some more investigations.

Apologies for the false alarm