Sandman XI Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 It will make you appreciate your real keyboard. My computer seems to be going wonky and not accepting my real keyboard. I would gladly take suggestions on how to fix this as it is driving me crazy having to click type
Dr Archeville Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Did you spill anything on your old keyboard recently? Is the old keyboard firmly plugged in? Have you tried hooking up another keyboard and seeing if that works?
Ecalsneerg Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 My mantra, although occassionally slightly unhelpful, will be repeated: Turn it off and on again. I mean, the whole computer, take out the keyboard, make sure no dust is in the plugs, reconnect it, reboot the computer.
Sandman XI Posted October 26, 2008 Author Posted October 26, 2008 Nothing was spilled on it. I did unplug/replug it in and found something out. The lights blink for a second, after that, nothing. Irony here is, someone bought me this to replace an old one.
MBCE Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Nothing was spilled on it. I did unplug/replug it in and found something out. The lights blink for a second, after that, nothing. Irony here is, someone bought me this to replace an old one. Are you using a USB connection or a Ps/2 connection? If USB, try switching to a different USB slot. The problem may be in the USB slot itself.
Sandman XI Posted October 27, 2008 Author Posted October 27, 2008 It's PS/2 connection. It's weird really. At first only a few letter would work and the other letters would do other things (the L button would logout, the M button would minimize, the E button would open up the explore function). What was wierd about this is it wasn't the keyboard, it was doing that on the on-screen keyboard also. This makes me think it's something in the computer. I turned the computer off and on, then it stopped working (the hardware keyboard, not the onscreen one). I turned it off and on again, then it started working. Every once in a while the hardware keyboard will go out for a second or two. I want to fix this problem, but I have no idea what to do.
Warr Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Sounds almost like you might have something going on in the background that roughly does the same as presses 'alt' at all times.
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