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From: skipl@adaptex.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: <25093@cup.portal.com>
Message-ID: <6100042@adaptex>
Date: 22 Dec 89 17:29:00 GMT
References: <25093@cup.portal.com>
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Nf-From: adaptex.UUCP!skipl    Dec 22 11:29:00 1989


///* 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!