"Old School" <tmilan@sprynet.com> wrote in message 
news:3uF6h.6481$l25.5831@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>I have a Satellite 5005 laptop and the 7 key on the keyboard appears to 
>have gone completely dead (I am posting this note through another 
>computer). There is not output from the pressing the key, whether using 
>shift, alt or Fn.  Nothing else on the keyboard is affected.  This is not a 
>heavily used key and I can't recall any incident that would have called it 
>to malfunction. I just turned on the PC and it no longer worked.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Terry
Um.. I had this great idea that ALT + 55 (on the numeric keypad) will 
generate the ASCII code for a "7", but then there's no keypad on a laptop.
Next....

Lol