"lost" my M key

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Paul Unger · #1 Post by **Paul Unger** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:14 am

Booted up this morning and my 'm' key didn't work . . . Well, it would minimise open windows, but I couldn't type the character in a document. I opened the IBM keyboard application (where I have the Right Alt key assigned as the Windows key), thinking there might be a whacky key assignment, but there was nothing out of the ordinary there. I also got a 'sticky keys' message, but I know I hadn't pressed the shift key 5x. And then, without doing anything (that I was aware of), it began working again. So I'm confused! Does anyone know what happened to my 'm' key?!

awolfe63 · #2 Post by **awolfe63** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:52 pm

I can't i agine what ight have happened to your ' ' key. aybe it just was sticking. So eti es an input to a C OS icrochip can 'latch up' when the power is first applied and fro then on until the power is turned off it does not operate properly.

mattfromomaha · #3 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:05 pm

I'm curious if awolfe was speaking in English?????

Did you try opening the PC-Doctor diagnostics and runing the keyboard test? Can you use the keyboard customizer utility to map another key as M and get that mapped key to work? Can you try removing/reseating the keyboard cable?

Odd problem! Good luck...

anton · #4 Post by **anton** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:39 pm

that was very funny awolfe!

haha made my evening that did, and the fact the guy who posted afterwards didnt get it

excellent!

sugo · #5 Post by **sugo** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:56 pm

it's english, attfro o aha

mattfromomaha · #6 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:27 am

doh! Now I get it...

"lost" my M key

"lost" my M key

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