Problem with my Acer Netbook keyboard. Few buttons are not working. M become 0, U become 4. If I type "typewitter" what appear on the screen is "ty*ewr5tter". Please advice.

Your only solution is to have the laptop keyboard replaced.

You can do a power drain how?

Just follow these steps:

1. Shutdown the laptop/netbook.
2. Unplug the AC power cord (charger) from the laptop and remove the battery. (You can refer to you manual on how to remove the battery)
3. Now with the battery and charger unplugged, just press and hold the power button of your computer for 20-30 seconds.
4. Now release the power button, plug in the battery and turn on the computer. It should perform much better now.
5. Then you can check if your keyboard is working. :)

It seems that your keyboard is damaged. Don't worry you can use USB keyboard for typing the password.

Hi.

Try cleaning the keyboard with a clean, dry paintbrush just in case there is anything stuck under the keys. Once you have cleaned the keyboard try typing keys to see if it does the same thing. If the keys type as normal then you have resolved the problem.
If the keys still type other characters along with the letter then there is a strong possibility that the keyboard needs to be replaced.
This usually happens when something has been spilt on the keyboard causing it to type random characters or the characters directly above or below them.

Seeing as the keyboard is a laptop keyboard you can use a wireles/wired keyboard or you can use the on-screen keyboard if you can't get the keyboard to work.


If there is anything else please post back.



Good luck.

It sounds like your install has become corrupted if safe mode and last known good do not work.

You may need to restore the netbook to factory settings, doing this will wipe off any data you have saved on the netbook.

Install the battery and connect the AC adapter to your Acer Aspire One.

Turn the system on by pressing the "Power" button.

Press and hold the "Alt" key immediately after pressing the "Power" button and tap the "F10" button.

Continue holding the "Alt" button and tapping the "F10" button until a screen saying "Acer eRecovery" appears.

You will see three options:
Restore system to factory default
Restore system from CD/DVD (grayed out if an optical drive is not connected
Exit

Click on "Restore system to factory default." A notice will appear informing you that all data on the "C:" drive will be overwritten and reminding you to plug in the AC cord.

Click "OK" to begin the recovery. A message will appear stating once again that all data on your hard drive will be overwritten.

Click "OK" to acknowledge the message. The screen will show you a progress bar as the recovery progresses. Wait until the recovery is complete. The time will vary depending upon the individual netbook. A message will appear when the recovery is finished

Click "OK" to restart the computer. The netbook will reboot. Windows will load, asking you to wait. A "Welcome to Microsoft Windows" screen will eventually appear with background music playing. It is time to help Windows set up your computer.

Click "Next" to continue. You will be asked to input your system settings. Enter your region, language, and keyboard type, then click "Next." The next window is for your time zone.

Select your time zone and, if desired, place a check in the box beside "Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings time," then click "Next." The EULA (End User License Agreement) will appear next.

Click "Yes, I accept" on both places to accept all points of the EULA, then click "Next."

Place a dot in the radio button beside "Help protect my PC by turning on Automatic Updates now" and click "Next."

Click "Skip" to avoid setting up network information at this time.

Click "Skip" to avoid setting up an Internet connection at this time.

Click "No, not at this time" to avoid registering with Microsoft at this point, then click "Next".

Click "Skip" to avoid inputting registration information now.

Put your name and the names of others who will use the computer here, one per line. Click "Next." Microsoft will thank you for setting up your computer. Click "Finish" to begin using your newly restored computer.

Where did you buy your Netbook?
What language or locality have you chosen for your system?
US keyboards have @ on the shift 2 key
Various other keyboards have " for shift 2 - these include various European and Latin American layouts. You need to specify a locale that matches your hardware.
This useful page may help you for your setup.
http://www.terena.org/activities/multiling/ml-mua/test/kbd-all.html

In Windows you can adjust settings from
Control Panel\Clock, Language, and Region\Keyboards and languages

keyboard gone bad need replacement

go to control panel...
click clock,language and region...
then go to keyboard and language tab...
click change keyboards.....
on the general tab...
look for english(united states) US on the add/remove keyboard list..
then press apply then press ok...
now the last step is restart ur netbook...
gudluck!
i hope it helps u...

You may have a bad key, or a key with something under it.
Try this:

Turn the netbook upside down so that the keysj face the floor.
Bang on the back side that way you would to burp a baby.
Then, take a vacuum cleaner and **** out the spaces between the keys.
If this doesn't work, you may have to make an @ symbol manually by using the ALT key. (ALT plus 64). This should work in most Word Processing programs.

1. Make certain that the Num Lock key has been pressed to activate the numeric key section of the keyboard.
2. Depress the Alt key.
3. While the Alt key is depressed, type the proper sequence of numbers (on the numeric keypad) of the ALT code from the table above.
4. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear.
5. On a laptop computer, there usually is no numeric keypad. So, instead, depress the Fn (function) key, then the Alt key, then the numerical code sequence. The numbers are on the fronts of certain keyboard keys: M=0, J=1, K=2, L=3, U=4, I=5, O=6, 7=7, 8=8, and 9=9.

http://www.tedmontgomery.com/tutorial/altchrc.html

this is quite common, right click on my computer>properties>hardware tab>device manager, then look down the list to KEYBOARD, click the '+' sign and the keyboard will be listed, right click, select uninstal.

Restart pc and your keyboard will reinstall and should work as normal.