help! my laptop keyboard is messed up!

[richardycc]

not sure if this is the right category to ask computer question, but this category is way more active than the other one, so here is it.

I have a compaq 1800T laptop, and whenever I press the Enter key, it would return a : instead of <enter>. What could be wrong?
Don't think I have a virus, as I am using AVG. Could this be a driver problem? I hope my keyboard is not shot, as it is out of warranty.

thanks!

rich

please dont tell me my problem is "you have a compaq" or silly comment like that.

 

[aphex]

LINK

Weird. Just today i was bitcjhing about how i should have gotten a compaq rather than a dell

Looks like botjh suck to some degree.

 

[TranceNation]

i sometimes have that prob with mine where keys dont match up, forgot how to fix it though i remember it's pretty easy

 

[Freejack2]

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/ and download a dos bootable floppy.
If you don't get the same problem in dos, it's your windows keyboard settings.
If you do have the same problem, try plugging in an external keyboard and doing the same thing in windows AND dos.
If the external keyboard doesn't do the same thing then odds are it's your keyboard.
You can probably order a replacement keyboard from compaq parts for probably much less than $200, no clue how much though.

 

[isekii]

try hitting your number lock key~

shit started happening to me..

realizing that i had the number lock on ~

that's why diff char were coming out instead of the ones i was pressing~

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: isekii
try hitting your number lock key~

shit started happening to me..

realizing that i had the number lock on ~

that's why diff char were coming out instead of the ones i was pressing~

I don't think NumLock would affect the "ENTER" key.

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: isekii
try hitting your number lock key~

shit started happening to me..

realizing that i had the number lock on ~

that's why diff char were coming out instead of the ones i was pressing~

I don't think NumLock would affect the "ENTER" key.

heh neither do i