Help.with.Compaq.Keyboard.spacebar
Vince
I'm sorry... I gotta keyboard if you want to come pick it up.
Either way, sorry to laugh at your expense but your ingenuity for the space
bar work-around sure made my day.
<ritc...@gte.net> wrote in message news:8s8emj$n6u$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> I.hope.this.is.the.right.place.and.not.too.stupid.of.a.question.
> I.have.a.Compaq.Presario.4824,and.for.some.reason.today,I.cannot.type.
> using.the.spacebar...When.I.hit.the.spacebar.it.goes.backwards.and.
> erases,instead.of.going.forward!
>
> I.have.not.figured.out.what.I.could.have.done.to.cause.this.(if.anything
> ).But.in.the.meantime,I.have.to.put.punctuation.in.between.each.word.in.
> order.to.write.anything...
>
> I.am.sure.this.is.something.really.stupid,and.I.will.be.properly.humbled
> .if.someone.could.point.it.what.the.problem.might.be...
>
> Thanks.for.any.help.you.can.provide!
>
> -Carla
>
>
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> Before you buy.
ritc...@gte.net
HFC
First we need to rule out that it really is the keyboard, which it most
likely is, based on the scenario you described. Get a keyboard from another
machine and plug it into the machine the bad keyboard was connected to. Then
try typing, trying to re-create the error.
If you can't recreate the error, then it's definetly the keyboard. If it's
still not under warranty, I wouldn't waste too much time trying to fix it,
because a new keyboard is only $10.00 to $20.OO.
ritc...@gte.net wrote in message <8s8emj$n6u$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
ItsMe
Compaq used what I believe they called a Erase-Ease keyboard. It was a
keyboard with the spacebar split into 2 halves. There were 3 modes for the
spacebar and it could be programmed via keystrokes or F10 setup. I cut the
following out of the MSG for the Deskpro 4000
(http://www5.compaq.com/support/techpubs/maintenance_guides/Deskpro_4000_600
0/Md4000c1.06.html)...
To program the Erase-Ease key for use in other modes, press and hold the
Alt+Ctrl+Shift keys on the left side of the keyboard. Then press the
left-half of the divided spacebar to cycle through the following modes:
Table 1-13. Erase-Ease Key Modes
=======================================
Mode Left-Half of Right-Half of
Divided Spacebar Divided Spacebar
=======================================
A (default) Backspace Forward space
B Forward space Backspace
C Forward space Forward space
=======================================
I haven't worked on COMPAQ hardware in a number of years so my memory is a
little clouded on this, but I do remember working some not so common issues
for my company where non Erase-Ease keyboards on Deskpro 4000 units would
backspace when depressing the spacebar. The resolution was to either to do
the 4 finger salute described above, go into F10 setup and set the keyboard
mode to forward/forward, go into F10 and use the RESET to default option,
clear CMOS or upgrade the System ROM.
Like I said, it has been 2 to 3 years since I worked on a similar problem
and even then it wasn't very common for non erase-ease keyboards. The order
of suggestion listed above is the order I would try, good luck.
Ciao for now...
Ron
Vince <har...@kwickykeys.com> wrote in message
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> I was roll'n on the floor laughing when I read this!!. If this is for real
> I'm sorry... I gotta keyboard if you want to come pick it up.
>
> Either way, sorry to laugh at your expense but your ingenuity for the
space
> bar work-around sure made my day.
>
>
> <ritc...@gte.net> wrote in message news:8s8emj$n6u$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
Mike Calkins
keystrokes.....
ItsMe wrote in message ...
Tom Too
Tom
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