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On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 07:01 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote: |
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>> In case anyone is listening, I did plug in an external keyboard (it's |
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>> a |
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>> laptop) and the extra keys on the external seem to work fine. So this |
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>> evidence also leads me to believe that something happened |
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>> hardware-wise, |
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>> though I have no idea what it could be :| |
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> Well, I installed Windows 7 on the machine and the same keys that don't |
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> work with Gentoo now also didn't work with Windows. So it looks to be a |
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> hardware issue. But it's really weird.. physically I see nothing wrong |
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> with the keys. ThinkAdvantage button still works during POST but not |
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> when an OS is running. The Fn keys no longer work nor do the |
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> volume/mute keys. But the play/pause buttons do. |
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> I guess I'll be taking it to get repaired. |
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Have you completely powered down the machine and replugged the |
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keyboard? Sometimes hardware gets stuck in an unknown state. |
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Just an idea. |
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- Mark |
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