Arrrggghhhhh

[norrahe]

My keyboard on my laptop is b*ggered (for want of a technical term), started playing silly beggars this arvo, with random letters etc.... seemingly interpersed in words and acting as if certain keys were stuck.

Have checked on linux (laptop is ms) to ensure the os is not the problem and checked using an external keyboard, suspect an internal hard drive failure.

Any other suggestions on the problem? (apart from buying a new one).

 

[RichardCranium]

Have you done the "turn it upside down and shake it side to side" thing?

 

[RichardCranium]

(was it your mog that had its arse on the keyboard yesterday? has one of your mogs 'sprayed' the keyboard?)

 

[norrahe]

yep, tried eveything, or rather I have left it in the capable hands of mr Norr who is a lot more technical than I am. He has run various diagnostics using separate keyboads and operating systems.

 

[stek]

Have you tried turning it off and on at the same time?

Gonna need a reeee-build. Seven days...

 

[RichardCranium]

It definitely sounds mechanical.

Try an aerosol duster on it (a can of compressed air) from different directions.

If that doesn't work, strip down the laptop until you can get at the inside of the keyboard. Then clean it with a soft brush (like a camera brush).

Or, invest in a small, cheap USB keyboard. You can get really tiny ones.

 

[NickFitz]

It definitely sounds mechanical.

...

Or, invest in a small, cheap USB keyboard. You can get really tiny ones.

Umm...

Have... checked using an external keyboard

I have left it in the capable hands of mr Norr who... has run various diagnostics using separate keyboads and operating systems.

 

[RichardCranium]

Umm...

I got the impression that meant the diagnostics said it was OK and an external one worked.

If not, then just rebuild the O/S from a clean disk.

(But I reckon it's cat piss corroding on the connector to the motherboard.)

 

[suityou01]

I got the impression that meant the diagnostics said it was OK and an external one worked.

If not, then just rebuild the O/S from a clean disk.

(But I reckon it's cat piss corroding on the connector to the motherboard.)

18 year old Glenlivet.

HTH

 

[norrahe]

I got the impression that meant the diagnostics said it was OK and an external one worked.

If not, then just rebuild the O/S from a clean disk.

(But I reckon it's cat piss corroding on the connector to the motherboard.)

currently backing up, external keyboard and linux os have shown that it looks to be internal hard drive error.



new laptop it is then!