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    Apostrophe key not working on 1645?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Jedis, Jun 30, 2010.

  1. Jedis

    Jedis Notebook Consultant

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    I was running a game (EverQuest) as Administrator on my new 1645.

    While chatting ingame, I noticed that I cannot use the apostrophe key, nor does shift+apostrophe key work for a quote.

    I did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate when I received the laptop. Is there any settings I should check to see why it's not working? The game isn't using that key for anything as far as I can find, and it works fine on my old Inspiron 1520.

    Any ideas?
     
    Jedis, Jun 30, 2010
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    jcannon1018 Notebook Consultant

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    does it work in notepad or a similar program?
     
    jcannon1018, Jun 30, 2010
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  3. DanLionheart

    DanLionheart Newbie

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    try booting to safemode. if it doesnt work there most likely it's defective.
    if you want to make sure you can run diagnostics on the keyboard

    Fn+Power button (release when computer turns on)

    go thru the initial PSA diagnostics.
    skip the remaining memory test
    choose test system.
    choose custom test. > you should find a test for the keyboard here

    and yeah.. most likely it's the keyboard. and it will be replaced anyway.
     
    DanLionheart, Jul 1, 2010
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    haldour73 Newbie

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    It's not a brokey keyboard. I have the same problem with my ASUS G50. In both some games and my dos emulator the " ' " key and " \ " keys do not function properly, but do so otherwise. any advice would be great
     
    haldour73, Jan 19, 2011
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