EvilZone
General Tech => Hardware => : Da1N0nLy December 17, 2013, 05:46:47 PM
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I got a new keyboard and I'm certain it's not broken. My escape key won't work, however, I don't have Photoshop or anything. I know it works because it works with key combos like ctrl+esc and such. Please help. I have googled and this is my last resort.
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As you mentioned photoshop I guess you are on windows? XP, 7, 8? What keyboard is it (vendor, modell)? you installed the latest drivers? Please give us some more info. I bought a new keyboard and it does not work is by far not enough.. lol :P
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It is possible that the keyboard is broken. Try to install drivers for it, if that won't fix it, bring it in for a replacement.
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It is a coolerstorm devastator. I'm running windows 8.1. And I tried it on other computers and it worked so I think it's a registry problem. :-\
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Did you check the device manager for driver updates like we suggested?
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Yes I checked the driver updates as you said. Anyways I resolved the problem. It was a bug caused by my webcam drivers. After I uninstalled and reinstalled the camera drivers the escape key worked again. Thanks for your suggestions though. ;D
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Interesting. How did you come to a conclusion that it was the webcam drivers that were causing all this commotion?
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The camera has already caused a bit of problems on my computer. Therefore, I decided to test my problems based on the camera drivers and I realized theu were outdated.
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Just hammer it a few times and pray that it starts cooperating. :P
Just because something is new doesn't mean that it will always work. Some products don't go through a QC process, and some manage to make it through a QC when they shouldn't have, otherwise they get damaged after a QC.
I would hope that you still have your proof of payment, whatever that may be, and I'd take it back. :) There are no odd Windows features that disable your ESC key for convenience AFAIK lol.
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AFAIK they do not test every piece the factory produce. They produce in batches and they test a few samples from a batch. If those samples pass, then it means whole batch is ok.
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AFAIK they do not test every piece the factory produce. They produce in batches and they test a few samples from a batch. If those samples pass, then it means whole batch is ok.
That is true too, then the QC sticker just goes on everything from that batch lol. Keyboard is missing a key? That's okay because another keyboard from the same batch passed! Machine failed after the first few went through lol :D