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    Acer Travelmate 8204 Keyboard tech. help please T_T

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ndru, Feb 8, 2006.

  1. ndru

    ndru Newbie

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    hey every1,

    i just purchased the 8204, loving it, everything works fine, except for the keyboard. I can not type question marks, slashes, quotation marks, etc. the call come out as Èèèçà, and other characters similar to those. I have been trying to figure it out for the whole day, i did my research, nothing came up. I was hoping someone who may know more about this, can help me fix this problem. need to start programming, and cant do it with out the slashes and question marks! thanx in advance!
     
    ndru, Feb 8, 2006
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  2. EdF

    EdF Notebook Consultant

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    Haven't seen the problem on mine (in US).

    - Ed
     
    EdF, Feb 9, 2006
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  3. andejp12

    andejp12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you are still using XP it sounds like a "Regional and Language Settings" option. Check that out in the control panel, it might just fix it or at least that's what I'd try.
     
    andejp12, Feb 9, 2006
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  4. madmike23

    madmike23 Notebook Deity

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    You can email Acer support on their website or call them up directly at 1-800-816-2237. Hope it all goes well. :)
     
    madmike23, Feb 9, 2006
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    jjfcpa Notebook Evangelist

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    Make sure the scroll lock is not enabled. Although you wouldn't be getting those weird characters, you'd be getting numbers. Post when you find a solution.
     
    jjfcpa, Feb 9, 2006
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    irishrover Notebook Consultant

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    Sounds like a hardware issue more than anything else.

    When typing other keystrokes do those characters type as they should? Does the "L" show up as an "L" or something different? If everything types normally, other than the characters you mentioned, then most likely its hardware related.

    Hope this helps.
     
    irishrover, Feb 9, 2006
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