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    Alienware 17 R2 Weird issues with numerous keyboard symbol keys " ~" , etc

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by enigmaticB, Jul 15, 2015.

  1. enigmaticB

    enigmaticB Newbie

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    Hey guys, I've been recommended to this forum by a fellow friend of mine who recently sold his Alienware laptop.

    I have recently purchased an Alienware 17 R2 laptop out of a sale hosted by our local reseller JBHIFI,

    My specs are as following:

    i7 4710HQ Processor,

    256 gb SSD+ 1tb 5200rpm HDD

    Nvidia 970m GPU

    16 gb RAM

    Everything is smooth and all however, I noticed that there are some funny issues with my keyboard, specifically with some symbol keys such as " ~" and " ^".

    If I were to press the "~" key once, it would not appear at all, however, if I were to press it twice, ~~ would appear. I had never had any similar issues with my previous laptops and would like to know if there is any way to fix this?
     
    enigmaticB, Jul 15, 2015
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  2. scop

    scop Notebook Guru

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    Hi,

    that's the right way these keys work,
    (you do not need a fix)

    you have to keyin another following letter,
    that is:
    "tête" head in french
    "sueño" sleep in spanish

    or a space if you do wish ~ or ^ alone
     
    scop, Jul 15, 2015
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    I second this ^^ ... It's the same with the " ´ " to do accents in many languages. E.g: Papá.
    The key has to be pressed and it will wait for the next key that is pressed. If it's a symbol it will appear right after it.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 17, 2015
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