Us ing t he Key bo a rd an d To u ch Pa d 653 From the Windows ® desktop, click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories,and click Notepad.4 Type some characters on the external keyboard and verify that they appear on the display.If you cannot verify these steps, you may have a defective external keyboard.T O V E RI F Y T H AT T H E P R O BL E M I S W I T H T H E EX T E R N A L K E Y BO A R D , CH E CK T H EI N T E G RA T ED K EY B O A RD —1 Turn off the computer.2 Disconnect the external keyboard.3 Turn on the computer.4 From the Windows desktop, click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories,and click Notepad.5 Type some characters on the external keyboard and verify that they appear on the display.If the characters appear now but did not with the external keyboard, you may have a defective externalkeyboard. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 127).Unexpected CharactersNOTE: When you attach an external keyboard, the integrated keyboard remains fullyfunctional.D I S A B L E T H E N U M E RI C K E Y P A D — Press to disable the numeric keypad if numbersare displayed instead of letters. Verify that the numbers lock light is not lit.3Y647bk0.book Page 65 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 3:24 PM