Keyboard problems

folkestonelisa

I have a samsung netbook nc10 which has developed a fault with the keyboard.

Everytime i type some letters i also get a number with it. For example if i type l it ends up l9 if i type exposed it ends up eX-POSED. Have checked its not the num lock or anything else like that. Could it be the keyboard and if it is is it easy to get a new keyboard for it.

Thanks

debitcardmayhem

folkestonelisa wrote: »

I have a samsung netbook nc10 which has developed a fault with the keyboard.

Everytime i type some letters i also get a number with it. For example if i type l it ends up l9 if i type exposed it ends up eX-POSED. Have checked its not the num lock or anything else like that. Could it be the keyboard and if it is is it easy to get a new keyboard for it.

Thanks

Try pressing the Fn key and the Num LK keys (on my N140 it's the Ins Key). I hope this helps ?

Edit:Whoops just re-read you have not Num Lock on - sorry

S0litaire

check under the laptop, can you see screw holes with a "Keyboard" symbol or the letter "K"?
Sometimes with larger laptops you can undo a few screws and take the keyboard out, You can also check the cable attaching it making sure it's in place and give the keyboard a good blow and clean out...

folkestonelisa

Looks like a new keyboard then :mad:

debitcardmayhem

folkestonelisa wrote: »

Looks like a new keyboard then :mad:

Have you checked your keyboard in control panel ... Regional settings
also check in ease of use bits of control panel it may be sticky keys toggled.

esuhl

It sounds like the key is being pressed twice - once without the Fn key held down, then once with. If you haven't changed any settings recently, I'd guess it would be a hardware issue, but...

Do you have multiple input devices configured - an xorg.conf entry whilst also using HAL?

I'm not sure what OS you're running, but there's some information about multiple key-presses in Arch Linux here, which might help:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_input_hotplugging#When_I_press_a_key.2C_X_thinks_I_pressed_it_multiple_times

folkestonelisa

esuhl wrote: »

It sounds like the key is being pressed twice - once without the Fn key held down, then once with. If you haven't changed any settings recently, I'd guess it would be a hardware issue, but...

Do you have multiple input devices configured - an xorg.conf entry whilst also using HAL?

I'm not sure what OS you're running, but there's some information about multiple key-presses in Arch Linux here, which might help:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_input_hotplugging#When_I_press_a_key.2C_X_thinks_I_pressed_it_multiple_times

sounds double dutch to me, but i have a son that is quite able to figure out what you have written. Thank you
Im using windows xp i believe but will get him to have a look at the link that youve supplied. Worth a try :T