# Sager NP2740 Right Side of Keyboard Doesn't Work **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sager-np2740-right-side-of-keyboard-doesnt-work/704175 "2014-11-09T19:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sager-np2740-right-side-of-keyboard-doesnt-work/704175/1 "2014-11-09T19:40:25Z")
Bought it from xoticpc. I used the laptop without any issues with the keyboard. I then connected it to an external monitor and using my own wired keyboard. Thus using a usb port and connect my wired keyboard to it. I then disconnected my keyboard and monitor so i could use laptop by itself. Right now most of the keys on the right side of keyboard doesn’t work. J, k, l, u, i , o, p, n, m doesn’t work. Enter button works however. Does anyone know what this is happening? ---
**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sager-np2740-right-side-of-keyboard-doesnt-work/704175/2 "2014-11-09T20:36:08Z")
So the letter i right now when i press it… its like the left click mouse pad clicking button. U, o, p, j, k, l, m doesn’t work. The other keys however like enter, backspace works. Why would the letter i function as a mousepad button left click? ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sager-np2740-right-side-of-keyboard-doesnt-work/704175/3 "2014-11-09T23:12:19Z")
Most laptop keyboards have a Num Lock mode where part of the keyboard maps to digits. Typically U I O are 4 5 6 (they fit right under the real 7 8 9 keys) and J K L become 1 2 3. See if you can turn off Num Lock. There is also a special mode in Windows (you’re using Windows, right? Seven or Eight?) that maps the keypad to mouse buttons. See [this link](http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-keyboard-easier-to-use#1TC=windows-7) for more info. ---
**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sager-np2740-right-side-of-keyboard-doesnt-work/704175/4 "2014-11-10T00:41:19Z")
Is there a reason for this? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sager-np2740-right-side-of-keyboard-doesnt-work/704175/5 "2014-11-10T02:25:10Z")
It’s for data entry, for laptops which don’t already have the number keys on the right. Laptops with the actual number pad keys won’t do this, as far as I know. Google [data entry keypad](http://www.google.com/search?q=data+entry+keypad&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1) for more info. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sager-np2740-right-side-of-keyboard-doesnt-work/704175/6 "2014-11-10T03:05:40Z")
Have you tried turning it off, then turning it on again?\ If that doesn’t work (and it not giving you numbers either), it may be time to use your warranty. The [Sager NP2740](http://www.sagernotebook.com/images/products/2740_3.jpg) does appear to use those keys for a keypad however. There should be numbers on them in blue. Toggling between the numeric keypad function and ordinary letters probably involves using the Fn key and one of the keys in the top row.