The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    wont recognize thinkpad keyboard

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Ever.monk, Apr 27, 2008.

  1. Ever.monk

    Ever.monk Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    241
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I recently traded my old acer for an awsome t60 and im the happiest man alive. Just did a wipe and put on windows xp. After much toil i got all the drivers installed, but theres still one problem:

    It recognizes the thinkpad keyboard as a normal keyboard. It does realize the Fn key is on the left, and the forward and backward keys work, but as far as the number keys it doesnt recognize them properly.

    Is this a known problem and how can i fix it?
     
    Ever.monk, Apr 27, 2008
    #1
  2. TPA

    TPA Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    29
    Messages:
    339
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    TPA, Apr 27, 2008
    #2
  3. Arki

    Arki Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    3,639
    Messages:
    4,135
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Can you elaborate on "it doesn't recognize them properly"?

    Do you mean it does not register and does nothing when you press them?
     
    Arki, Apr 27, 2008
    #3
  4. Ever.monk

    Ever.monk Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    241
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The hotkey is something ive already installed, so the special Fn functions work properly. F1-F12 keys work as they should, delete and insert work fine too. The only problems are the number keys above the letters and the symbol key on the right of the letters. It recognized these as a standard US keyboard (so @ on shift+2) and not the IBM version (which has the " on the 2).
     
    Ever.monk, Apr 28, 2008
    #4