Yes. It would be a smart test.. but I have some problems. I did a MS-DOS boot
disk with a PC with Windows XP (and it works on this PC), because the laptop
with Vista hasn't the floppy drive. Then I tried on Vista, but the system
starts with Vista and completely ignore the CD boot.
I was looking for MS-DOS boot ISO image on internet, but I can't find
anything.
"Carlos" wrote:
Quote:
> 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:
> > >
> > > > 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.
> > > > > >>
> > > > >