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andrewfisher300 · 10-15-2006, 03:46 PM

Hi,

I have a solid 1998 vintage Compaq Armada 1750 with massive 6 gig drive which has worked fine, if slowly!, until today. It also has a massive 192meg of RAM. I wanted to install Kubuntu Linux and to remove win2k, so, to make some space, I initially removed some programmes by using the control panel windows remove software tool. I tried to leave the basic windows 2k and remove pretty much all the rest - office, acrobat reader etc. I think I may have removed something important because now the keyboard has become patchy. By that I mean I can't get 1,2,3,t,y,a,s,\,c,v,<,or> or the capital equivalents - there may be some others. Importantly, I can't get the ENTER key to work either..

I still have the W2k installed and have not yet attempted to install the Linux, so its not that. I'm not sure if its a w2k or a BIOS issue or what. whatever the solution, I may need to acomplish it without the use of these keys.... hmmm!

Any one have any suggestions of what has caused this and, more important, how I might fix it?

You may have spotted that I'm not a techie but prepared to have a play (Dohh!)

Grateful for any assistance, and thanks in advance,

Tony, Cherie and the kids
(No, not really!)

10-15-2006, 03:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
andrewfisher300 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5 OS: w2k	some notebook keys malfunctioning Hi, I have a solid 1998 vintage Compaq Armada 1750 with massive 6 gig drive which has worked fine, if slowly!, until today. It also has a massive 192meg of RAM. I wanted to install Kubuntu Linux and to remove win2k, so, to make some space, I initially removed some programmes by using the control panel windows remove software tool. I tried to leave the basic windows 2k and remove pretty much all the rest - office, acrobat reader etc. I think I may have removed something important because now the keyboard has become patchy. By that I mean I can't get 1,2,3,t,y,a,s,\,c,v,<,or> or the capital equivalents - there may be some others. Importantly, I can't get the ENTER key to work either.. I still have the W2k installed and have not yet attempted to install the Linux, so its not that. I'm not sure if its a w2k or a BIOS issue or what. whatever the solution, I may need to acomplish it without the use of these keys.... hmmm! Any one have any suggestions of what has caused this and, more important, how I might fix it? You may have spotted that I'm not a techie but prepared to have a play (Dohh!) Grateful for any assistance, and thanks in advance, Tony, Cherie and the kids (No, not really!)