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    asus w5f keyboard problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by neophron, Nov 28, 2006.

  1. neophron

    neophron Newbie

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    After using my laptop with external keyboard for a few months, i noticed that my laptop's spacebar key had turned into a "touch button".
    You don't have to push it, it reacts if you just touch it lightly (sometimes when you just look at it...)

    I'm sure I haven't spilled anything on it. Do you have any idea what is wrong?
     
    neophron, Nov 28, 2006
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Perhaps there has been dirt/dust accumulation under it, try either using canned air to clean it(place notebook on side opened), or remove keyboard and clean it that way.
     
    coriolis, Nov 28, 2006
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  3. PROPortable

    PROPortable Company Representative

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    That's odd.... if you've been using it with the laptop's screen up instead of an external monitor, I could see quite a bit of dust build up, but given the throw of each one of the keys, that would be quite a bit of build up, especially under only one key. Blow it out and see what happens.
     
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