Try to see if your keyboard works in the BIOS. If so, then it is Windows 10 (which disables the PS/2 port because its "legacy"). You can enable the PS/2 port by modifying a registry setting: https://connectwww.com/how-to-solve-ps-2-keyboard-and-mouse-not-working-after-windows-10-update/60806/
And as @kelvinhall05 said, the PS/2 port is NOT hot-swappable.
I definitely intend to use it. I have a 35U server cabinet, and will soon have a deticated networking closet. I already have some ideas of what to run on it, but I would like to actually utilize the RAM. It currently has Proxmox on it for VMs.
So I totally scored on a DL380p G8 with duel Xeon E5-2670's, 384GB ECC RAM (PC3-12800R), duel 750W PSUs, etc. I also bought 4 300GB 10K SAS drives for $12 each. I have no idea what to do with all this power. Any suggestions? I'm barely utilizing my old R710 as it is.
Thanks. I am currently doing maintenance on my rig and I just added in some white sleeved cables to the GPU. I will post pictures after I finish maintenance.
My main rig. Feel free to suggest a name for it.
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700K
RAM: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16GB DDR4 (2x8GB)
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 1080 SeaHawk EK X
Motherboard: ASUS STRIX Z270F
OS Drive: Corsair MP500 240GB NVMe SSD
Mass Storage Drive: WD Black 1TB HDD
Power Supply: Corsair AX860
Case: Thermaltake Core P3 Snow Edition
Cooling: EK Stuff
If you are unable to determine if a server is worth it, you do not have enough experience to be renting out servers. People need to know that if the server fails, their data will be available and that it will be up 24/7 with little to no downtime.
I'm using this old dell with a Pentium 4 and 1GB of RAM and it works fine as a file server. (but 32 bit processors make life hard) Just install CentOS and samba. Since it is running CentOS, it can be used for other stuff. It's so old, it has a PCI card that has phone line dial up connectors on it.