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    W3J keyboard problems

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by agrilledfish, Jan 3, 2009.

  1. agrilledfish

    agrilledfish Notebook Enthusiast

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    I spilled a glass of water on my keyboard. >_> I turned off the power immediately, unplugged it, and dried it as best I could. I took out the keyboard to let it dry as well.

    After plugging it back in, I noticed some strange behavior: the 'g', 'j', backspace and quotation mark keys weren't working, the left CTRL acted like both CTRL and TAB at the same time, the right CTRL acted like both CTRL and 'a' at the same time, and 'a' acted like CTRL (which was really annoying because if I typed too fast, it would accidentally try to save/print/open a new document/etc.)

    So, I ordered a replacement keyboard from Hong Kong and installed it today. Fortunately, the keys that did not work now work. Unfortunately, the other strange behavior still persists: Left CTRL still acts like tab, Right CTRL still acts like 'a' and 'a' still acts like CTRL.

    Did I completely screw myself over? :( Or is there some hope of fixing this? I bought it in December 2006 so it's past warranty.
     
    agrilledfish, Jan 3, 2009
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