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    Help! m860TU keyboard/wifi problems

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Mausimo, Oct 1, 2008.

  1. Mausimo

    Mausimo Notebook Consultant

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    So yesterday, i installed office 2007 on my m860tu which is running xp pro 32 bit. A bunch of windows updates went on (17+) and now the right side of mykeyboard thinks it is a numpad i belive...

    whey i type:

    U = 4
    I = 5
    O = 6
    P = \
    J = 1
    K = 2
    L = 3
    M = 0

    also since the updates my wifi has been acting retarded and lagging huge on games. Anyone have any ideas? i already tried to change they keyboard language etc.

    another little update, i just dumped the keyboard drivers and let it reinstall, still messed up.
     
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  2. Mausimo

    Mausimo Notebook Consultant

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    OKAY........... so i normally when at home hook up my laptop to a external keyboard to play games and put the lappy on a cooler. I use Num-Lock for auto run on warhammer online. I was leeting my lappy do updates, so i pulled out the keyboard with Num-Lock left on and my laptop keyboard decided it had a numpad/num lock LOL..... wow i was looseing my mind trying to figure that out.
     
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  3. theriko

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    lol, I've had that problem before ;)

    Does the keyboard not have the numbers on those keys in a different colour?
     
    theriko, Oct 1, 2008
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  4. Petrov

    Petrov Notebook Deity

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    On wifi - try getting the latest intel 5300 wireless card drivers from their website. I think it helped me reduce dropped signals.

    Petrov.
     
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  5. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    problem solved.
    as mentioned above if you look at your keys the will have small blue numbers on the top right of them keys. if you press your fn & NumLK this will change it back to normal. (NumLK is top row second from right on uk keyboard)
     
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  6. livesoft

    livesoft BUSTED

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    The driver update for the WiFi helps but I'm still losing my signal few times.
     
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  7. Mausimo

    Mausimo Notebook Consultant

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    Alrite, my laptop is sitting ontop of my desk and my desktop is underneath it. Both computers have WiFi. Both of the computers have the exact same ~ download and upload speeds on speed test, however the laptop latency is 100 ms higher.

    Does anyone have any ideas why this is? possibly a setting. I can definitely feel the extra latency when playing online games.

    Thanks!
     
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  8. Deathwinger

    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    What kind of router you got? If its pure wireless G, change your wireless card settings to disable N and wireless transmission to 802.11 g only.

    Also, did you go to Intel's site to get the latest drivers for the card? I don't think windows update has them.
     
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  9. Mausimo

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    yes, i downloaded them earlier. Did not help latency. I was having a ton of problems with connection to begin with and disabled the "n". Which helped alot. I will try setting G only. It is a telus high speed internet modem/router.
     
    Mausimo, Oct 1, 2008
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