Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 05:06:03 +0800 From: Derrick Teo <deric@deric.NET> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Laptop keyboard problem [Was Re: Dell Inspiron hard disk] Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030222050437.03d48158@deric.NET>
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On the subject of laptop keyboards, has anyone ever encountered this problem with Fujitsu Lifebooks, or any other laptops for that matter: The left-shift key is partially broken, and doesn't work with the keys Q, R, I, }, H, M, > and ? unless you time it just right and release the left-shift *just* before you release the key. The right-shift key is similarly broken, but with a whole different set of keys (A, S, D, F, K, L, ", Z, M, > and ?), again unless you time it just right. I initially put it down to an unusually broken keyboard and got it replaced once under warranty, but the same problem came back just a few weeks later (unfortunately, after my warranty expired). The problem doesn't seem to be OS-specific either; the keys don't work even with the BIOS. Any ideas? Derrick At 08:32 21 02 03 -0800, you wrote: >On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 11:23:35AM -0500, Tuc said: > > > > > It can be quite distracting when you're trying to > > > concentrate on something but you have what sounds like a hair dryer > blowing > > > constantly in the background. :> > > > > > Whoa, are you SURE thats the hard drive? When mine goes into > > "hair dryer" mode its because the 2 fans on the right back side spin up to > > cool the machine down. I've found certain surfaces I put it on make it do > > that, and , get this, it won't stop if for some reason I go into APM, then > > out. > >I've been really disappointed with my Inspiron on a number of levels, and >this is one of them (reported by a couple of friends as well): eventually >the machine just feels it needs to have the fans running all the time. I >consider it part of natural Inspiron degradation at this point. > >(other symptoms on my machine being that PgUp/PgDn no longer work, the >brightness control no longer works, and the battery won't last more than 5 >minutes, if that. it's made me so grateful for my Thinkpad 600E, which is >about half the speed but is not crappy. :-)) > >chris > > >------------------------------- >Chris Doherty >chris [at] randomcamel.net > >"I think," said Christopher Robin, "that we ought to eat >all our provisions now, so we won't have so much to carry." > -- A. A. Milne >------------------------------- > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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