-H-elp!-!.. My --"N-UM-"- -in--di-cat-o-r is b-lin-king--

[SoCalDem]

a-nd -insertins -da-shes-----..I can-not- figure out w-hy- or how to -st-op it---..-

an-y a-dvise- is- appreci-ated-..pl-ease!!!--

-It-'s a Tosh-iba- la-p-t--op and it's -never done this be-fore..----

[SeattleGirl]

1. Check to see if any keys are stuck.

I was having trouble yesterday in that when I clicked on the "Start" button, it would only pop up for a nanosecond.

I was getting frustrated, then noticed that my "alt" key was stuck. Soon as I unstuck it, the computer worked fine.

[SoCalDem]

2. -----I tried tha-t,- and even- did a "resto-re"-.. -s-hit

-I ha-ve a bun-ch of -work to -d-o to-ni-ght-----..just what I -don;t need-..--

[marzipanni]

3. Read the second to last paragraph of this page

http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:IQy793jFavIJ:www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx%3Fi%3D1603%26p%3D2+Toshiba+laptop+NUM+light+flashing&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

May be like your model, or not?

[SoCalDem]

4. Thanks..that seems to have done the trick

That was the weirdest thing.. The little "find" box popped up on the lower left..in RED with nothing but a traveling dash.. I figured I hit a combination of keys accidentally, so I clicked the x (to close the box) and my computer started a ding sound with every dash..and everywhere the cursor went, the dashes did too..


I did a restore, and a diagnostic, shut down you name it.. I even unplugged the power pack..

but this seems to have fixed it.. thanks again
:grr:

[marzipanni]

5. When I put your computer's symptoms in the diagnostic search

that paragraph rang a bell, because our son helped us "fix" our computer by pressing the NUM lock key!
;)