The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    1810T: Finnicky arrow keys?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nirslsk, Apr 20, 2010.

  1. nirslsk

    nirslsk Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    19
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hi there,

    I've noticed our new 1810T's arrow and PageUp/PageDown keys often don't respond to presses, specifically when pressed higher on the key (along the upper border as someone says in one of the 1810T owner threads). This ends up happening quite a lot the way I situate my hands over the keyboard and the touchpad, and is a serious issue for me since I'm using these keys a lot in the development environment I use. As referenced above I've seen a few mentions of this issue on the forum, but no clear confirmation whether it is normal for the 1810T. Can anyone with a 1810T out there verify whether their unit exhibits this issue?

    Thanks, Nir
     
    nirslsk, Apr 20, 2010
    #1
  2. dustrho

    dustrho Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    7
    Messages:
    61
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I've noticed this on my 1410, and it's more noticeable on the up/down keys versus the left/right ones. I usually have to press twice on those buttons to get a response.
     
    dustrho, Apr 20, 2010
    #2
  3. thundernet

    thundernet Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    609
    Messages:
    1,285
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    My 1810TZ doesn't behave like that.I don't see that being a matter of drivers.It seems like a faulty keyboard.Maybe you should test it if you have access to another keybord.And if it is that important to you maybe you may need to invest 15$ towards another keybord.
     
    thundernet, Apr 20, 2010
    #3
  4. decworld

    decworld Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    306
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The arrows are super small, mine are ok but prone to error.
     
    decworld, Apr 20, 2010
    #4
  5. nirslsk

    nirslsk Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    19
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Ah, it's good to know at least that I'm not the only one with this issue. Maybe I'll get used to hitting the keys the just the right way with time... I still have two weeks to return it so I can always do that and wait for the 1830T, which I can only pray has a better keyboard :)

    Thanks very much for your responses, Nir
     
    nirslsk, Apr 21, 2010
    #5
  6. thundernet

    thundernet Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    609
    Messages:
    1,285
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    The 1830T has the exact same keyboard with the 1810T.
     
    thundernet, Apr 21, 2010
    #6