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LED Lights on Keyboard Are Not Lit in MS-DOS Mode

Article ID: 185459

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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SYMPTOMS

When you connect the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite to a Compaq Presario computer running in MS-DOS mode, the LED lights on the keyboard may remain unlit.

NOTE: The LED lights on the keyboard light up when the computer is running Microsoft Windows.

CAUSE

This behavior is caused by a limitation of some Compaq Presario computers.

MORE INFORMATION

No functionality is lost in MS-DOS mode when the LED lights on the keyboard remain unlit.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Additional query words: 1.00 mnk green LEDs turned lit lighted

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