Hi all,
I've had my T400 for a few weeks now and I noticed that every so often it would beep. Couldn't figure out why. I realized this morning that it beeped a few times while I typed, so I started experimenting with the keyboard.
I determined that it beeps when I hold down two keys and press a third. These are the combinations I've found that cause a beep:
AS+Q
AS+W
SD+W
SD+E
DF+E
DF+R
JK+U
JK+I
KL+I
KL+O
L;+O
L;+P
etc.
I can essentially hold down any 2 keys next to each other on a row and then press the key above them or below them and it will beep.
Edit: Actually, I get some cross-keyboard beeping too. For example, the combination
SL+O
results in a beep (holding down the S and L keys and then hitting O).
This is annoying because sometimes when I type fast I have 3 keys down at a time. And it's been causing these mysterious beeps for the past few weeks.
Anyone know how to disable this feature, if it is a feature? Or how to fix it if it's a problem?
Thanks
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T400 Beeps during certain key combinations
Re: T400 Beeps during certain key combinations
It's normal, you can disable that in bios under beep warnings...futurejp wrote:I determined that it beeps when I hold down two keys and press a third.
Re: T400 Beeps during certain key combinations
Thanks, never knew that. Totally fixed 
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