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    Volume suddenly automatically turns down?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jerg, Nov 21, 2010.

  1. jerg

    jerg Have fun. Stay alive.

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    Hi,

    I was just using the laptop and watching some youtube, felt it was a bit too loud so I turned it down a little using Fn+(down) volume control. But suddenly it becomes "sticky-key-like" and keeps turning down the volume to zero, and the volume control Fn display keeps on the screen (whenever I try to turn the volume up again it turns it down as if I'm continuously pressing Fn+(down) still), is anyone else experiencing this kind of problem?
     
  2. Thunderwolf

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    I know my HP has had similar problems, but those were touch keys that had a specific driver running for it which would just go haywire.. Never heard of normal buttons doing this, unless the button itself is damaged or something. Especially is this is a key combination and not just a single key.

    If you restart, is it then 'fixed'? If so, then it'll be some driver going crazy.

    Otherwise, try pushing down on that key a little harder, to put the key's internal stuff back in order, don't know if it'll work though.
     
  3. jerg

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    Yeah reboot fixes it. It's definitely a driver instability with the keyboard Fn functions.