Im having some problems with my num lock on my last rev Powerbook. Im typing then suddenly the num lock is turned on, making me type * instead of P. Here's the catch, the green light indicator for the num lock does not light up and I have to toggle (am I using that right) the numlock key for the problem to be fixed. Happens about twice a day. Any clue as to what is causing this. FYI, this also happened before I did a erase and install of OS X.
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Num lock help
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I set my keyboard so that I would need to press FN and NUM LOCK to turn it on/off. This happens when I type, pause for a moment, then resume.
After a trip to the local genius bar...
It seems that if I press the FN key and the Caps Lock key simulataneously, or sequentially, it will turn on num lock w/o the num lock light. The genius tried it on some MBP's and other Powerbooks and the same thing happened. I havent tried it myself yet becasue I didnt pick up the Powerbook.
It seems that if I press the FN key and the Caps Lock key simulataneously, or sequentially, it will turn on num lock w/o the num lock light. The genius tried it on some MBP's and other Powerbooks and the same thing happened. I havent tried it myself yet becasue I didnt pick up the Powerbook.
Interesting...I just played around with it a bit on my PowerBook and was able to replicate it. Can't say I've ever activated it by accident though.
Do you mind if you can try FN and one of the num pad keys? Return? It always seems to happen when I accidentally press FN and one of those keys.
I can't seem to replicate it at all now...I must have had just the right touch last night with fn and caps lock to make it happen, because I'm getting proper behavior now. 