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    Strange problem with some keyboard keys.(m1530)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by wizecoder, Jan 10, 2010.

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    wizecoder Notebook Geek

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    Hi, in the past week or two my laptop keyboard has been having some strange problems. The most noticeable one happens while I am playing games, whenever I press the arrow keys to move around the movement doesn't stop when I release the key, and when I hold the arrow keys it will go for about 2 seconds then stop then go again. :confused: I decided to load up a program I wrote a while back which outputs key signals and whenever I would try the arrow keys or a couple of the other keys it would alternate between key down and key up signals as long as the key was down but wouldn't register the key up when I release the key. Does anyone have any suggestions because I am completely stumped. :(

    BTW I am on vista.

    Thanks.

    EDIT. Currently the keys that don't seem to be working are the Home, Page Up, Page Down, End, Enter, and all of the arrow keys.
     
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    wizecoder Notebook Geek

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    Nevermind, I stopped a program called texter and it went back to normal. :) For now at least. O_O
     
    wizecoder, Jan 10, 2010
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