where are you what country,? (matters for language and keyboards)
wow, compaq relic day' from the PENTIUM 2 days,a relic !
no exact PC stated, the full model number. just a series
no OS stated, XP? what?
possible wrong can be 3 things,
- bad keyboard.
- (or wrong kbd for you country)
- or unstated windows set to wrong country;
first off the 7400 has many sub models stated on your service tag
page3
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/926638/Compaq-Armada-7400-Series.html?page=3#manual
for example 7400-6300
there is even a code for the many keyboards used world wide.
page 4 states
Euro symbol provided on Europe/Middle East/Africa keyboards
this old pc even has 1 USB jack on the rear
try a USB KEYBOARD there yet> see if it works ok?
that be first thing Id have done, to see if its hardware or software issue.
this pc came with O/S ,win95 , win98 or NT
you never said what? OS
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