Fix for not boot/keyboard

Here is my problem
No keyboard from bios or burst of clicks from speaker when any key is pressed during bootup (ex: DEL to get in bios)
K7N2 DELTA
2 WD HD (8M cache)
LG CD, LG DVDR
2X512 DDR400 Samsung
350W PS
5200 Nvidia
Generic keyboard ps2
Logitech mouse ps2
A few months again, I was getting no keyboard to enter user name and password from XP. I need to reboot to fix it and this happened only a few times.
Pass 3 weeks; no keyboard was happening almost every time I turn on the computer. Tried cold & warm reboot, no consistent fix. Something it took 20+ reboots and still no keyboard; I gave up for these cases.
The symptom is (set HALT on all error in BIOS) monitor shown HDs and CDs, then message about keyboard not function, the bracket LEDs indicate floppy controller error. System is almost dead. Press any key at this point causes the speaker to beep many times, but eventually will respond to it, ex: DEL key
I tried the following and still didn't fix the problem:
Different bios
Swapped keyboard and mouse, keyboard now OK, but XP doesn’t detect mouse.
Removed half of memory
Changed HD to use cable select
Cleared CMOS using jumper
BIOS default setting
The finally fix, enable HD SMART in bios. I remember I always had it enabled until a few months ago, about the same time the no keyboard problem surfaced. It was very bad for the pass 3 weeks.
It is perfect now, hope this is helpful.

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