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    ASUS G74Sx doing weird stuff

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by MechanizedBear, Oct 23, 2013.

  1. MechanizedBear

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    Hello ladies & gentlemen. I just reinstalled my W7 Home Premium on my G74Sx, and weird stuff is happening. My caps lock light is on, but I'm typing in lower case letters. When I turn off the caps lock, I start typing in all caps. And I cannot type any capital letters unless I turn on the caps lock.
    I've never had this issue before. And this is the 3rd time I've reinstalled Windows on this laptop. I've solved 2 other very very strange problems that I've had since I re-installed Windows this last time.

    Can someone please tell me how to fix my keyboard problem? I have run out of ideas,
     
    MechanizedBear, Oct 23, 2013
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    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Check the BIOS firmware on the laptop and make sure it is up-to-date.
    When you reinstalled the OS, did you perform a clean install?
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Oct 23, 2013
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    I did a clean install, I always do. But I have never done an upgrade to a BIOS before, can you tell me how to do it safely? I don't know which version of BIOS I have now, or anything about BIOS updating.
     
    MechanizedBear, Oct 24, 2013
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    What's the current version of BIOS on your system?
    The update process should be easy, see below for the BIOS and instructions.

    Version 203 is the latest.
    http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/G74SX/G74SxAS203.zip

    BIOS Update Instructions
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Oct 24, 2013
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    MechanizedBear, Oct 24, 2013
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