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    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tarish, Oct 6, 2006.

  1. Tarish

    Tarish Newbie

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    I just get a notebook (Acmebook Ab09-z96j). It had no OS, so i put winxp sp2 cd in the cdrom drive and it boot form it, i installed win and everything was fine. Then I installed the drivers from a cd that camed with the laptop. There were:

    CPU Hotfix
    Intel INF update
    Vga driver
    ans so,

    Everythin was fine, everything worked. Then i installed Daemon tools and everything broke down (the blue screen an restart and all the time). So i decided to resinstall windows, so i need to boot from cd again. And there is the stupidest thing - I CAN'T GET TO THE BIOS. In the manual is writen, that the hot-key for bios is F2 (when the system boots). But it doesnt work. When i restarted the pc to many times (because of the blue screen and restart), it displayed me a screen with 'safe mode, normal mode'. But a could not choose safe mode. It apears to me that the keyboard is working only in windows mode. I try it with a usb keyboard and it doesnt work to, but works in win (that short time when the blue screen apears and restart).

    So there is the story (sorry for my bad english), and there is the question - WHY is my laptop keyboard working only in windows mode?? Can i fix this problem?? :mad:

    p.s i repaired the win with some tricks, thats not my problem now, BUT i cant get to the BIOS, thats stupid :(

    HELP!!!! Please
     
    Tarish, Oct 6, 2006
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  2. extra-ordinary_guy

    extra-ordinary_guy Notebook Consultant

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    Did you try any other keys?
     
    extra-ordinary_guy, Oct 6, 2006
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  3. Tarish

    Tarish Newbie

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    yes - del, alt+ctrl+esc, f1, f2 and so.. but realy, it seems the keyboard is realy working only in win. I wrote about the 'safe mode, normal mode' screen were the keyboard didnt work too.
     
    Tarish, Oct 7, 2006
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  4. Notebook Solutions

    Notebook Solutions Company Representative NBR Reviewer

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    Here is a tip to restart your BIOS:

    Unplug your notebook from adapter. After that remove the battery. Wait for 2 minutes, then press the On-button for 5-10 seconds. Now plug the battery and the adapter.

    Hopefully it will work.

    Charlie :)
     
    Notebook Solutions, Oct 7, 2006
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  5. Tarish

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    Doestn't help :(
     
    Tarish, Oct 7, 2006
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    ejl fudge

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    have you tried using a usb keyboard?
     
    ejl, Oct 7, 2006
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  7. Tarish

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    Not realy, but yes.. i have a radio usb keyboard. With it i had no results, too :( .. i think the radio keyboard must work like a normal. There is a adapter in usb port and a radio connection to the keyboard. In windows is shown, new usb device found, but in dos nothing.
     
    Tarish, Oct 7, 2006
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