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What's wrong with my keyboard?

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  • 14-07-2007 3:05pm
    #1
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    I'm typing this post with a wireless Creative Keyboard.

    It's fine, but yesterday and today the keyboard on the actual laptop (Dell, AMD Chip, Vista Basic (this was all I could aford:o )) has started acting a bit crazy.

    The bit following, between the stars, is what I get when I type. I've typed left to right, first line, the numbers, then the three lines of letters, includin the character keys after them.

    Normal, no Caps Lock, No Shift
    *******************************************
    `123456789/-=
    asdfgh123-'#
    \zxcvbn0,.+
    *******************************************


    Caps Lock on
    *******************************************
    `123456789/-=
    ASDFGH123-'#
    \ZXCVBN0,.+
    *******************************************


    Caps Lock off, Shift pressed
    *******************************************
    ¬!"£$%^ (the seven, eight and nine moved te curser around the screen)
    (J, K and L did nothing)
    ZXCVBN<+ (M and .) did nothing
    *******************************************

    Italics typed with the Wireless Keyboard aswell. It's the same if I take the Wireless Keyboard out or range.

    Can anyone help?

    Cheers.


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    #2
    Rassassitass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Rassassitass


    Any water damage??
    If not try doing a system restore to bring it to factory settings.
    If that dont work bring it back to dell (shams) to fix it for ya.


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    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,070 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Does num lock do anything?


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    MarkR wrote:
    Does num lock do anything?
    Erm, yeah, it fixed it.

    Thanks a million mate.

    What's the explanation for that then?


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    Drag00n79
    Registered Users Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭Drag00n79


    Num lock on means the keys with the numbers on them also can be used with the alt key to display other characters, eg alt + 225 = ß.


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    Ah yes. I see some of the keys have little blue characters on them off to the right.

    Thanks everyone.


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    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,070 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Don't worry about it. Surprisingly common. First thing I think of when I hear of a keyboard problem on a laptop. (I used to do support for sony laptops)


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    Tom Dunne
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    Rassassitass wrote:
    Any water damage??
    If not try doing a system restore to bring it to factory settings.
    If that dont work bring it back to dell (shams) to fix it for ya.
    seansouth wrote:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MarkR
    Does num lock do anything?

    Erm, yeah, it fixed it.

    Thanks a million mate.

    What's the explanation for that then?
    :D

    I think you will find 99% of laptop keyboard problems are some combination of the numlock/capslock or the wrong regional settings.


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