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I have had this desktop set for about 4-6 months.
It works great. The only problem is that the letter "C" can not be capitalized with either the left or right shift key.
The only way that I can get a capital "C" is to use the CapsLock key, and then it will type a capital "C".
It does not appear to be a hardware issue, it almost acts like a software/firmware issue.
I am running Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit version.
I have switched this keyboard to a different computer with the same symptoms.
I would love to hear your thoughts.
Thanks for your time.
Bill Wilson
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Hi,
I had the same problem.
Neither updating the software of removing the battery did work for me.
However, after a while I figured out that one of the function keys (F2) was tilted. I fixed that and now it works.
Actually you can reproduce the problem. Press down a function key and try typing. Everything works except for capital c.
Hope that helps
Best
Konstantin
Update: I did update the software but no change. Called Microsoft to get a replacement and had to pop the batteries out to get the product ID # to process the replacement. Would you believe once I did that and put them back in, it started working? Seriously, I used it all day with no issues.
F2 was stuck in my keyboard too now I can CCCCCCC :-)
Hey, I had the same problem but with capital "V". What do you know, my F4 or F5 key was stuck. It fixed all sort of intermittent problems.
Thanks,
For me, the C is still a problem. But I can reproduce it all the time. My F keys are not stuck. I have tried it on three different sculpt keyboards (One just sent to me from MS for this problem) , and two different computers, latest software etc. I am convinced it is a hardware problem.
For me to replicate it is easy. If you have this keyboard, you should try too. SIMPLY type the letters E then C while holding down the shift key. Do it quickly like you are touch typing. Here is my result:
EC Ec Ec Ec Ec Ec Ec Ec Ec EC Ec Ec Ec EC
other words that will fail (As I typed them):
CONNEcT
CONNEcTION
CONNEcT
PERFECT
PERFEcT
PERFECT
PERFEcT
CONNEcT
CONNEcT
PERFEcTION
With caps lock on:
EC EC EC EC EC EC EC EC EC EC EC EC EC EC
fine.
Being a software programmer who is on his keyboard 24x7, I love this keyboard and the quickness and shape. But lets hope I am not writing software that will program your pacemaker and the keyboard sends a 'c' instead of a 'C' that I typed.
MS, can you please fix an otherwise perfect keyboard?
Scott
This is getting closer to the problem. I am having very similar results to this. Although to a greater extent. I have noticed that the problem lies in the bottom left row of letters (Z, X, C, V, B). Whenever I hold down shift and press one of the other keys on the left in the top two rows, then immediately press a key on the bottom left (Ec, Az, Wx, etc) the second key is not shifted. I'm not sure if this is a firmware problem or a hardware problem, but it is truly annoying. I can use Shift + any of the bottom left keys individually, but rolling from one of the other keys to the bottom and shift fails. (Don't keyboards have a mesh of suction cups and sensors in a big sheet? Maybe simultaneous keypresses aren't registering correctly?).
Also as someone earlier mentioned, my right-side space bar is very "spongy." Not sure if this is related.
J
