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I posted this about 3 weeks ago:

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A friend has recently acquired a second-hand Compaq M700 laptop. Everything is
fine except for a keyboard quirk. Hitting the g and h keys results in g5 and
h6 appearing! Also, apparently with the number 5 and 6 keys. He's checked the
underneath of the keys and no dirt or anything there. Any suggestions as to
what's wrong -- hardware or software?
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Following the suggestions here, we tried an external ps2 k/b and that worked
okay. So he got a new keyboard for the M700 and I fitted it for him. Guess
what? It still has the same problem! Desperation setting in -- any more ideas
anyone?
TIA

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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>I posted this about 3 weeks ago:
>
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> A friend has recently acquired a second-hand Compaq M700 laptop.
> Everything is
> fine except for a keyboard quirk. Hitting the g and h keys results in g5
> and
> h6 appearing! Also, apparently with the number 5 and 6 keys. He's
> checked the
> underneath of the keys and no dirt or anything there. Any suggestions as
> to
> what's wrong -- hardware or software?
> ------
>
> Following the suggestions here, we tried an external ps2 k/b and that
> worked
> okay. So he got a new keyboard for the M700 and I fitted it for him.
> Guess
> what? It still has the same problem! Desperation setting in -- any more
> ideas
> anyone?
> TIA
>
Have you called Compaq tech support?

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:24:18 -0600, (Dave) wrote:

>I posted this about 3 weeks ago:
>
>------
>A friend has recently acquired a second-hand Compaq M700 laptop. Everything is
>fine except for a keyboard quirk. Hitting the g and h keys results in g5 and
>h6 appearing! Also, apparently with the number 5 and 6 keys. He's checked the
> underneath of the keys and no dirt or anything there. Any suggestions as to
>what's wrong -- hardware or software?
>------
>
>Following the suggestions here, we tried an external ps2 k/b and that worked
>okay. So he got a new keyboard for the M700 and I fitted it for him. Guess
>what? It still has the same problem! Desperation setting in -- any more ideas
>anyone?
>TIA

Try the external keyboard again.

If you got the new M700 keyboard from a shop, ask them.

Ask a Compaq specialist/shop.

jd

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:24:18 -0600, (Dave) wrote:

>I posted this about 3 weeks ago:
>
>------
>A friend has recently acquired a second-hand Compaq M700 laptop. Everything is
>fine except for a keyboard quirk. Hitting the g and h keys results in g5 and
>h6 appearing! Also, apparently with the number 5 and 6 keys. He's checked the
> underneath of the keys and no dirt or anything there. Any suggestions as to
>what's wrong -- hardware or software?
>------
>
>Following the suggestions here, we tried an external ps2 k/b and that worked
>okay. So he got a new keyboard for the M700 and I fitted it for him. Guess
>what? It still has the same problem! Desperation setting in -- any more ideas
>anyone?
>TIA
>
Look on the taskbar for a Compaq keyboard handler. I believe there's also a Compaq tab on the
keyboard settings in the Control Panel.