And what about the last suggestion of a bootable floppy for testing the caps
lock key?
That would cut the problem in a half.
If it still fails it is hardware, if it doesn't fail: it is Vista.
Carlos
"stewiggle" wrote:
Quote:
Quote:
> >"Smells like a hardware failure to me."
> It would be very strange.. the keyboard works fine if I don't press buttons
> lock.
> Quote:
> >"Is your laptop still under warranty?"
> Yes, it has 2 months, so I'm taking some time to investigate all the
> software possibilities before surrendering to an hardware problem and
> exploiting the warranty..
> Quote:
> >"One last shot would be to restore your Windows Vista to a date when you didn't have this problem."
> Already done for the touchpad problem, but it didn't solve anything.. I
> could try also for the keyboard problem..
>
> I think that the latest step could be the complete format of the laptop.. if
> some problem still exists, then I could be sure that is an hardware problem..
> The fact that searching for the web I can't find anyone with the same
> problem is quite strange..
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Carlos" wrote:
> Quote:
> > Smells like a hardware failure to me.
> > The fact that you have a non-working touchpad together with the keyboard
> > freezing is suspicious.
> > Is your laptop still under warranty?
> > One last shot would be to restore your Windows Vista to a date when you
> > didn't have this problem.
> > If the problem persists, then we would be sure it is hardware related.
> > Or make a bootable DOS floppy and test the keyboard in a different
> > environment.
> > Carlos
> >
> > "stewiggle" wrote:
> > Quote:
> > > Ok, this is the situation. When the caps lock ON window appears in the right
> > > bottom corner of the screen (it's the same thing with the Num Lock), the
> > > laptop keyboard completely die. But connecting an external USB, I checked
> > > that everything is fine with the external keyboard.
> > > To restore the functionality of the laptop keyboard I have to restart the
> > > system.
> > >
> > > What could I do? The Caps Lock is not so hard to press, even without
> > > intention..
> > >
> > >
> > > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I understood it was a laptop from your mention of a touchpad.
> > > >
> > > > "stewiggle" <stewiggle@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > news:FCA8079E-B72C-43E6-85EE-6FD020EFB233@xxxxxx
> > > > > Oh, sorry.. I didn't specify that I'm talking about a notebook.
> > > > > I'll try to verify if an external keyboard works.. however this will not
> > > > > solve my problem..
> > > > > :'(
> > > > >
> > > > > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Do you have a usb keyboard you can try?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "stewiggle" <stewiggle@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > >> news:423CA95B-5063-496F-A7AF-AA9C069C414B@xxxxxx
> > > > >> > Whenever I press the Caps Lock or Bloc Num buttons, the keyboard gets
> > > > >> > disabled, and it doesn't work anymore.. I have to restart the system.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > I installed the last windows vista update few days ago, and also my
> > > > >> > touchpad
> > > > >> > now doesn't work (it's not a problem of drivers update), I don't know
> > > > >> > if
> > > > >> > this
> > > > >> > one can be the reason of the keyboard problem.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Anyone has the same problems? Any suggestions?
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Thanks.
> > > > >>
> > > >