/2013/09/27/Unresponsive-keyboard-on-Samsung-700Z-Laptop-in-Windows-7/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2013\/09\/27\/Unresponsive-keyboard-on-Samsung-700Z-Laptop-in-Windows-7\/","trash":"","name":"Unresponsive-keyboard-on-Samsung-700Z-Laptop-in-Windows-7","parent":"","title":"Unresponsive keyboard on Samsung 700Z Laptop in Windows 7","date":"2013-09-27 02:43:03","filepath":"posts\/20130927_Unresponsive-keyboard-on-Samsung-700Z-Laptop-in-Windows-7.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<p><br \/><img style=\"float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/samsung700Z.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"150\" \/>After trying unsuccessfully to get a Japanese USB keyboard working on Windows 7, I found my Samsung Laptop keyboard and touchpad disabled. It appears Samsung uses special scan codes to enable\/disable the touchpad and keyboard. The Japanese keyboard just happened to be able to issue one of those scan codes.<\/p>\n<p>So, I inadvertently hit one of the keys and a \"Hold: ON\" message flashed on the screen. I didn't think anything of it until trying to type and move the cursor. Damn! I was stuck with the external keyboard and mouse until everything was backed out and fixed.<\/p>\n<p>Restarting the laptop did nothing. Although the keyboard worked fine during bios\/TrueCrypt authentication, it would revert back to being broken after booting the OS.<\/p>\n<p>The Device Manager displayed for the Standard PS\/2 Keyboard and the ELAN PS\/2 Port Smart-Pad an error similar to the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Windows a driver for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionality.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Uninstalling the keyboard driver and reinstalling it didn't seem to fix it, nor did powering everything down and using a paperclip to disconnect the battery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did work was disabling the keyboard and touchpad and re-enabling them<\/strong>. After a reboot, they were once again functioning.<\/p>"}}