The TouchPad is your Notebook’s mouse. Use your finger on the touchpad to direct the cursor across the screen.

Keyboard and TouchPad

Keyboard and TouchPad

Symptom

Problem

Solution

Keyboard

Program in use has

Turn off your Notebook using

commands

stopped responding

the TouchPad.

or keystrokes

to commands.

1. On the taskbar, click the

are not

 

Start button.

recognised by

 

2. Click Shut Down

your Notebook.

 

3. Select the Shut down

 

 

 

 

option, and click OK.

 

 

4. After the shutdown is

 

 

complete, restart

 

 

your Notebook.

 

 

If your Notebook does not

 

 

shut down, press and hold

 

 

down the Power button

 

 

until your Notebook turns off.

 

 

 

Fn+Num Lk or

The internal keyboard

Use keypad on the external

Shift+Num Lk

NumLock is disabled

keyboard, or unplug the

does not turn

when an external

external keyboard to use

the internal

PS/2 keyboard or

internal keypad feature.

NumLock on.

keypad is present.

 

 

 

 

When typing,

The NumLock feature

Press the Fn or Shift key while

some of the

is turned on.

pressing the Num Lk key to

letter keys return

 

turn Num Lock off.

numbers to

 

 

the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

Cursor jumps to

TouchPad needs to be

Wipe the TouchPad with a

a different

cleaned.

damp cloth and wipe it dry.

location

 

 

while typing.

 

 

 

 

 

Cursor does

TouchPad needs to

Wipe the TouchPad with a

not respond.

be cleaned.

damp cloth and wipe it dry.

 

 

 

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SOLUTIONS 9-21

1800 SERIES

 

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Compaq 1800 manual Keyboard and TouchPad Symptom Problem Solution