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600E 2645-8bg

Have udated BIOS...The Bios update now allows me to boot from CD...clean install of XP pro...all drivers downloaded everythings working smoothly...BUT

When i type @ i get " and vice versa...the rest of the letters seem to be ok..searched these forums and can't find the answer.

Can't find any settings anywhere to change anything.

Just a bit of a pest having to double check everything i type.

Any ideas?

i dont know...try installing the keyboard drivers @g@in. the one that you had working before.

Here's another thought for you - it may not be the BIOS, but the keyboard driver/layout in Windows.

Case in point: some time after I bought my 600, I discovered that to get an apostrophe ('), I had to hit the key twice, and then the computer would change the two apostrophes to a quote mark (").

It didn't do this originally, and seemed to start the behavior out of the blue.

At the time, I was running Windows 98 (First Edition). I lived with it for a while, and then for some reason found myself looking at the keyboard properties in Control Panel when I noticed that the layout wasn't set to United States. I set it back to U.S. layout, and it's been fine ever since.

I never figured out why it changed on me, but Windows being Windows, it might be worth checking your keyboard settings in Windows - you might find your layout isn't what you think it is.

Rob

I would try reseating the keyboard cables, they might not being making a solid connection.

Reinstalled drivers...no go

Tried regional language and noticed thet one was set at English UK the advanced tab was English US...set them both the same and on Apply it asked me to install files from Windows disc...did this and all is back to normal now.

@@@ ' ' ' " " " ~ ~ ~ ###

Thanks