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Engineer
11th Jul 2004, 16:28
Have a keyboard fault on a laptop.

The Phoenix bios returns stuck key code 20 on the POST.

Had a look in Croucher's BIOS Companion book but cannot equate this code to a relevant key.

Any suggestions which key this code equates to. So that I can remove the keyboard and try to clean the necessary key

Thanks :ok:

amanoffewwords
11th Jul 2004, 16:36
My 1993 vintage book on how to upgrade PCs (from Que publishing) says it's the letter 'r' (lower case) on a 102 character keyboard, and letter 't' (lowrr case) on a 83 character keyboard.

hth
Charles

Engineer
12th Jul 2004, 14:14
amanoffewwords

Sorry forgot to mention it is a UK type keyboard so was wondering if the Que publication was referring to a US or UK keyboard

Thanks

amanoffewwords
12th Jul 2004, 17:28
It doesn't mention US/UK but I guess the code is the same for all - and the BIOS identifies the correct keyboard language variable?

Charles