From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 24 12:58:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA19241 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:58:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from toad.async.org (hun-al1-24.ix.netcom.com [205.184.6.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA19220 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:58:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dono@async.org) Received: from localhost (dono@localhost) by toad.async.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with ESMTP id OAA03073; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:55:43 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:55:42 -0600 (CST) From: Pilo Phlat To: rick hamell cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Keyboard (PS/2?) problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, rick hamell wrote: >> If any of you readers have experienced a similar problem with the same >> kind of keyboard, or a different kind, I'd like to know. Thanks for your >> time. > > Yes, the keyboard is going bad. There is a possibility that your >keyboard connector on the motherboard is loose. (That is if it's always I would say so, as well, but this happened on two different computers, using the same brand/model of keyboards... >the same computer.) If you're feeling brave, and you really have nothing >to loose at this time, certain models of that keyboard have a socketed chip >inside it. Try carefully pulling the chip out and reseating it. Otherwise >I highly suggest buying a new keyboard. I considered this, but I thought I'd wait a bit for some responses. If I do decide to buy a new one, I *certainly* do not want to buy the "Microsoft Natural Elite", perhaps the original Microsoft Natural -- but I do not know where I can find these any more. Any ideas? (BTW, I don't like the way the arrow keys are on the Natural Elite :)). Thanks for your time. -d. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message