skipl@adaptex.UUCP (12/23/89)
///* Written 2:03 am Dec 16, 1989 by cup.portal.com!Will in adaptex:comp.sy.ibm.pc */ //* ---------- "Need Help With Locking Keyboard" ---------- */ /Does anyone have any thoughts on possible causes for keyboard /locking that does not cause the mouse cursor to lock? I have a / roblem that takes place, on average, about once every 45 minutes /where the keyboard will lock up on me (can't soft boot), but the /mouse CAN still be used. It doesn't seem to be confined to any /particular application, and I would say that 90% of the time the /keyboard locks but the mouse does not, and 10% of the time both /the mouse and keyboard lock. / /Another, possibly related, symptom is that once in a while certain /keys seem to not transmit effectively to the CPU. An example of /what I mean by this is when I am in Excel and I hit the CAP locks /key and the computer will beep quickly three times (almost the /same way it would if I had filled the keyboard buffer) and then /finally after it stops beeping the cap locks registers with the /application. / /The machine is a Taiwanese 25 MHZ '386 clone with a 90 meg ESDI /drive using an Adaptect 2322B controller. It's getting pretty /frustrating having to cold boot 10 times a day, so any guesses as /to the problem are appreciated. / /Thanks, /Will (sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Will) //* End of text from adaptex:comp.sy.ibm.pc */ Ive seen this before and it turned out to be bad memory. Good luck!