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Thread ID: 129789	2013-03-13 08:16:00	Laptop replacement keyboard question...	Tukapa (62)	Press F1

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1332492	2013-03-13 08:16:00	Hi team A friend has a laptop and the keyboard is buggered. A handful of the keys on the left hand side no longer function and I've tried giving it a clean but to no avail. I've been hunting for a replacement keyboard and it turns out it's an easy job on this particular laptop. Problems, however, are that she is from Ireland and brought the laptop out with her. It is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo PI2515, and as such I cannot find a replacement in NZ. There are plenty on Ebay and Amazon but the key layout is slightly different. Even if I discount the US ones and focus solely on a UK replacement board there are still subtle differences. For example, on the original the backslash/? key (bottom right) has a + symbol on it which can be operated with the Fn button. However, on a lot of the replacement UK keyboards the backslash/? key has a / instead of the + for operation with the Fn key. My question is what controls what is output onto the screen i.e. if the replacement keyboard has a couple of minor differences will it still work perfectly or is the laptop set to the original keyboard somehow so those keys would not return the character that is printed on the key? Make sense? Thanks.	Tukapa (62)
1332493	2013-03-13 08:44:00	It might be neither case: the OS handles this. Just make sure it has the right keyboard layout set when you restart it.	pcuser42 (130)
1332494	2013-03-13 09:41:00	The regional settings in the control panel control what keys do what ( kind of) For example you have to set the regional language to the keyboard Location English UK for a UK keyboard So if you installed a US keyboard you'll need to set the language to English US. ( hope that makes sense) If all else fails you may have to remap the keys to suit.	wainuitech (129)
1332495	2013-03-14 04:30:00	Thanks all. I've managed to find the identical replacement keyboard so all should be fine once I've replaced it. Apart from the fact it's an odd laptop design wise it's the easiest keyboard replacement I've ever seen on a laptop. One screw in the base then pop the keyboard out. That's it. Just as easy as replacing ram. Now just got to wait 3 weeks or so for it to get here.	Tukapa (62)
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