Asus EEE PC 900 keyboard and mouse problems

Hey guys, i've got an old Asus EEE PC 900 and i'm experiencing some keyboard problems and mouse problems. The keyboard problems constitute of things like when i push the 'l' letter i get 'k' as well. That happens with other letters as well and the weirdest, when i press space it acts like right cilcking the mouse. The mouse problem is that the right click doesn't work anymore. I've searched for solutions on the internet and someone recommended connecting a usb keyboard to test whether the keyboard controller on the motherboard is faulty. I have yet to try that but connecting a usb mouse seems to work fine. Has anyone ever experienced problems like these? Will it worth to change the keyboard and possible the mouse and see what happens? I know the EEE PC 900 is old but i find it very useful some times so i just don't want to leave it like that.

 

Try uninstalling both the keyboard driver and the mouse driver from Device Manager, then reboot the computer. Windows should pick up the devices and auto-install the default drivers for them. If you still have the same problems after that, then it probably is a faulty controller.

 

Thanks for the answer but the problem is that i'm currently running Xubuntu on the particular pc. Any way i could do that in Linux? Also, is there any chance that the problem stems from a faulty mouse/keyboard?

 

Oh, unforutnately I'm not as seasoned of a Linux user as with Windows. If you're unable to get it resolved here, the Linux community might be able to throw some advice your way, though.

Xubuntu help & FAQ: Help & Support « Xubuntu

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There are also message board/forum sites for Kubuntu and Ubuntu as well.

 

Thanks again for you reply. Btw do you think that testing the machine with an external keyboard as i mentioned in my first post will verify as to whether the controller's messed up or not? Because if it isn't, changing the keyboard in an EEE PC900 is 10 min job. Do you think i should try it?

 

I think a more definitive method would be to use a Live CD for another OS, such as Mini Windows (you can use mini Windows XP from Hiren's Boot CD). If you have the same problem with a different driver under a different OS, then you can chalk it up to hardware, rather than support. Plugging in a USB keyboard will just tell you that a USB keyboard driver works (or doesn't).