Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 My acer one netbook is bieng wierd lately.. I turned it off the other day and when i booted it back up the keyboard wouldnt work, it just beeped everytime i pressed a key.. NOT STICKY KEYS BEFORE ANYONE SAYS! No character is typed when i press any key except 'Space' 'Backspace' 'M' (That acts as enter for some reason) And 'H' (Which acts as backspace) i left it a week and the keyboard worked but after i closed the computer down later on and booted it backup it stopped working again, It keeps working every so often if im lucky and because its a netbook i DONT want to buy a keyboard for it because that defeats the object of a netbook bieng portable Any SENSIBLE help would be appreciated so no sticky key suggestions as im not that commputer incapable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 [admin]Moving to Hardware Support ~ Thrill[/admin] Have you tried it with an external keyboard? (I know you said about you not wanting to buy one..) If so, does it work fine? Is your laptop still under guarantee? Have you installed any software that could be causing this problem? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 I dont have an external keyboard to try but like now my keyboard IS working until i turn it off.. Maybe the drivers for the board are messed up so it only works on the odd occasion? :/ Ive made sure i have no viruses or anything that would stop it working all the time so i have no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Do you know the exact Model of your Laptop? If so, post it. We'll update your Motherboard Drivers to see if it fixes it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Its an Acer aspire One ZG8 Netbook, Can you get me a link so i can update drivers cos im not too sure where to start to be fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I can't find any drivers for the ZG8. Can you find the exact model number? These are the Models I believe: aspire_one_110/ aspire_one_150/ aspire_one_AO531h/ aspire_one_D150/ aspire_one_D250/ Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I will also need your OS, and whether it's 32bit or 64bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Models the A0531h.. I think its Xp 32 bit aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I've attached the latest chipset driver, try this :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Thanks, Just a matter of running the exe. file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Yeah, the Setup.exe You should probably look in Add/Remove programs before hand and remove the old ones, but the installer might let you uninstall teh old ones from within there, or it'll just overwrite them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Nice one Im installing them now, fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hopefully, should work. If not, then we'll try something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Right ive installed them and it took 10 minutes to get my keboard working so that didnt do the trick :/ Im thinking update keyboard drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The keyboard might be physically damaged or dirt may have gotten underneath the keys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 The keys beep everytime i press one and nothing types so it seems like a software problem to me? :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The keyboard doesn't have specific drivers. What are you doing to get your keyboard working again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 My keyboard has drivers, i checked on system.. Ermm i just keep turning it on and off again and eventually it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Can you reinstall the drivers? Like uninstall them and reinstall after a reboot. Is your keyboard driver under human interface devices in the device manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Yeah I know but they're not manufacturers drivers, they're built in Windows. We'll try uninstall through Device Manager. Go to start > Run > type in "devmgmt.msc" without the quotation marks, then go to Keyboards. Uninstall all drivers listed under 'keyboard', reboot and see if this solves anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 if i uninstall keyboard drivers wont this stop my keyboard from working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 then reinstall them after, after a reboot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 They reinstall after reboot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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