keyboard gibberish

Question

I plugged in an external keyboard to my inspiron 1501 and ever since then when I use the inspirons keyboard, it responds by printing gibberish, for example, when I hit any letter in the top row of letters I get  a number or symbol. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, any other suggestions?

pcgeek11 · Answer

Check the keyboard settings in the control panel to see what type of keyboard is setup. It sounds like it is set for the wrong type of keyboard.

Mine is set to US keyboard 101/102 keys.

pcgeek11

Message Edited by pcgeek11 on 10-20-2007 01:39 AM

jmlemon · Answer

I tried that, it seems to be the right one. Any other ideas? Thanks, Judi-

jmlemon · Answer

I tried that, it seems to be the right one. Any other ideas? -Thanks, Judi-

pcgeek11 · Answer

I would then suspect it to be a defective keyboard if it is setup properly. Does an external keyboard work as it should?   pcgeek11 Message Edited by pcgeek11 on 10-20-2007 09:15 PM

pcgeek11 · Answer

What did they do? If you don't mind sharing as it may help someone else.   pcgeek11

jmlemon · Answer

Yes it does, I called Dell support today and it's all fixed now, thanks so much

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