On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 13:31 US/Pacific, Charles Meyerson wrote: > Anyone have any idea why my iBook (Graphite/SE) sporadically types TWO > R's > instead of just one?
Go to International Settings and make sure you don't have Spanish selected? ;) Just kidding. > Since this problem doesn't affect other keys and seems independent of > any > keyboard extension settings (and happens in OS X and System 9), I'd > guess > it's a mechanical problem. But I can't make it happen on demand, so I'm > having a tough time duplicating the phenomenon for diagnosis. Just like keys that produce no output at all, this is usually cruft in the key mechanism, so that it doesn't press evenly and sends two signals instead of one. You have to clean the keyboard out, I don't know the procedure for an iBook but this type of thing sometimes responds to an air blast rather than a "clean and soak" approach as if you'd spilled liquid in it. KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
