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    Help! My computer keeps typing slashes and I'm not doing it!\\

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by koopie, Mar 3, 2009.

  1. koopie

    koopie Newbie

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    My Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop keeps typing the slashes you see in my title. It is extremely annoying! I am not even touching the slash key when it happens. In fact, that key does not even work! I'm guessing this is a keyboard issue and I should just go ahead and get a replacement, but does anyone know of any other reason this could be happening? Every other key is working fine, but I can't even type a paper, much less an e-mail without the slashes typing. Long before it happened water was spilled and went near a couple of the keys, but I dried it out and it worked fine for at least a month. Help!!!
     
    koopie, Mar 3, 2009
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  2. FoxTrot1337

    FoxTrot1337 Notebook Deity

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    Try reseating the keyboard connection, it may help. :)
     
    FoxTrot1337, Mar 3, 2009
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  3. cat mom

    cat mom Notebook Evangelist

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    The easiest way to determine if it is a hardware problem instead of a software problem, is to plug in an external keyboard. I would bet it is from the water spill and now something is corroding.
     
    cat mom, Mar 3, 2009
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    Could be it needs cleaning.

    I'd recommend using methylated spirits and cutips, though others would disagree about the metho.Take off the \ key and mash the rubber pad a bit (as in button mash, not mashed potato lol), then blow under it or shoot some compressed air underneath.

    If that doesn't work, I'd suggest removing the keyboard and cleaning underneath the keypad with metho.
     
    Dragunov-21, Mar 3, 2009
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    he\llo all, my computer is also doing \this...could it be a virus? I ha\ve a laptop, I ha\ve took the \ key off and made sure ther\e is nothin under there\. Any suggestion PLS... :confused:
     
    tdharr2, Aug 11, 2009
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  6. kisetsu17

    kisetsu17 Took me long enough

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    Uhh, seriously? Two consecutive ones with the same problems like these are quite....blowing. Haha. Anyway.

    If it's really a hardware problem, perhaps the keyboard does need to be reseated. I think I had the same problem before except that it was with an external keyboard. I don't know any virus anyway that would do that sort of attack/nuisance, since the most obvious virus-related keyboard juju [sorry, can't find a word lol] are keylogger viruses.
     
    kisetsu17, Aug 12, 2009
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  7. tdharr2

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    did u ever fix this?
     
    tdharr2, Aug 30, 2009
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    RaZZNuts Notebook Guru

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    Ah, your water spilling case seems to be exactly the same with my desktop keyboard and cell. Soon after they got spilled some keys stopped working, then after a while they magically got working again but finally stop working at all (forever). :confused:
     
    RaZZNuts, Aug 30, 2009
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  9. agusman

    agusman when the going gets weird

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    you should change your nickname to "//Slasher//"...
     
    agusman, Aug 31, 2009
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  10. Saisei

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    Your not suppose to revive ancient treads this old.Please make a new topic with this name....
     
    Saisei, Aug 31, 2009
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    \No my computer is still doin it. Its soooooo ann\oying\. I ha\ve tried updating\ the \dri\vers but th\ere was no better match\. \ I wann\a \\th\row it out the \window!!!!!!!! Any oth\er \i\deas???\ I als\o \re\imag\ed \it..\.it didnt he\lp\\\\\\\\\\\\
     
    tdharr2, Sep 28, 2009
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