T23 Volume Control Buttons

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tdlpad · #1 Post by **tdlpad** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:00 pm

I recently acquired a T23 and am finding my way around with it. Everything seems to be working ok except for the gray volume up/down and mute buttons. I can control the volume with the speaker tray icon but nothing shows on the screen when I press the volume buttons. The Thinkpad button works fine. All of the hardware devices appear to be functioning and I have loaded all of the drivers I believe. Any ideas?

Website · #2 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:11 pm

Try the hotkey driver.

tdlpad · #3 Post by **tdlpad** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:54 pm

Reloaded the hotkey drivers but no success.

Stargate199 · #4 Post by **Stargate199** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:22 pm

Try uninstalling the driver before reinstalling. That should fix it.

Purcy · #5 Post by **Purcy** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:14 pm

I also had no on screen display of my volume or brightness, then when I started using Software Installer, it said there was an update available for the OSD driver, which I took. Suddenly I have the on screen displays of volume, mute and brightness and you can change the color of the display too.

tdlpad · #6 Post by **tdlpad** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:16 am

I uninstalled drivers and reinstalled with Software Installer but no success. I have onscreen display for brightness and other hot keys are all working except the volume + - and mute. I am thinking it must be a keyboard issue instead of a driver software problem. Thanks for the suggestions.

RfromR · #7 Post by **RfromR** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:05 pm

Hey, I never thought OSD would be a feature for my T23, thanks for the info folks !

BTW, I wonder what the 'Thinkpad' button to the left of the volume controls does...maybe link to ibm.com? Mine does nothing...

Purcy · #8 Post by **Purcy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:23 pm

Mine does nothing too, actually I have heard what that button linked to was a joke. Stick with this forum, it is more knowledgeable than IBM.

ambientscape · #9 Post by **ambientscape** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:56 pm

The button actually works......and its NO JOKE thou

. Follow the link to activate the button's function http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-41811 . It contains some help function and tips for your thinkpad

Purcy · #10 Post by **Purcy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:22 pm

Thank you for the new information, I wish there was one for my T22

EDIT: Poop, I found the Online User's Guide for the T22 and it is not supported by Windows XP.

RfromR · #11 Post by **RfromR** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:46 pm

Thanks ambientscape, the Thinkpad button is functional now: very nice (and even usefull!)

tdlpad · #12 Post by **tdlpad** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:29 pm

Just a little more info on my volume problem. When I open the volume controls from the system tray and click on mute or unmute the onscreen volume display appears for a couple seconds before disappearing. I also tried using the customizing keyboard feature to configure another key for the volume + ,- buttons but that did not work either. Puzzling...................

NTL1991 · #13 Post by **NTL1991** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:26 pm

Are there any cables or such under the buttons that could be loose?

Nick

#14 Post by **rkawakami** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:30 pm

Buttons are integrated into the keyboard and there is only one connector that mates the keyboard to the motherboard in the T2x systems.

tdlpad · #15 Post by **tdlpad** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:04 pm

I reloaded Win XP and Thinkpad drivers and the volume controls are now functioning properly. Thanks everyone for your responses and suggestions.

tdlpad · #16 Post by **tdlpad** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:33 pm

I guess I spoke too soon. Controls not working again. Noticed they weren't working after I downloaded all of the updates for WinXP. Coincidence or............. Irritating to say the least.........................

furiousmonkey · #17 Post by **furiousmonkey** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:31 am

[censored] that winXP, I have a 1300i with wireless interenet, works great until you do the updates from microsoft then it cannot seem to find any wireless contectors.

Somewhere it is a driver software error, one of those random things that only happens to one person in a million!

My suggestion, seems tedious unless someone else has a better one, you have to reinstall windows and download the updates one at a time until you find the one that is causing the malfunction.

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