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    Help Baby Son got to Keyboard messed up

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Polardoo, May 26, 2007.

  1. Polardoo

    Polardoo Newbie

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    My son started hitting buttons on my 1200 Inspiron and now my top letter line is locked to the number line. If I press q I get q1 if I press w I get w2. If I hit the corresponding number its the same thing. Here are the locked combo's q1, w2, e3, r4, u7, i8, o9, p0.

    How do I shut this off? Here is an uncorrected paragraph

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    Jay
     
    Polardoo, May 26, 2007
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  2. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have never heard of such a featuer. I think it is a hardware problem. One key must by physicly pressing the other key down with it. Maybe something is stuck between them?
     
    wave, May 26, 2007
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  3. KelchM

    KelchM Notebook Evangelist

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    I assume you've tried rebooting?
     
    KelchM, May 26, 2007
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  4. harbir24_7

    harbir24_7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had a simular problem on my desktop PC where i spilt a glass of water into the keyboard. Took it apart dryied it all out and then after leaving the battery out of the Keyboard and pulling the plug of the pc over night it worked fine. It didnt work if i connected it up again after 2-3 hours it had to be the whole night!

    Hope that helps!
     
    harbir24_7, May 27, 2007
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