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    The laptop's keyboard is messed up.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by AhmedouviX, Jul 1, 2016.

  1. AhmedouviX

    AhmedouviX Notebook Consultant

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    My keyboard is scrambled and messed up. keys do wrong functions and some keys don't even work.

    yesterday i cleaned the keyboard with a tissue paper with very slight amount of water on it then the keyboard messed up and some keys typed duplicated characters, for example when i press 1 it types 2 and 3.

    not my first time cleaning and i even used more hard methods before with no problem.

    did many solutions on google and now some keys doesn't work and others types wrong characters even when i use external keyboard.

    for example,

    on top number bar

    1 > !

    2 > @

    3 > #

    on numpad

    numlock doesn't work and have to use external keyboard to enable it

    8 > up arrow

    4 > left arrow

    . > delete

    9 > doesn't work

    5 & . > types .5 when numlock is off

    3 > 2

    spacebar, main enter key, ctrl, shift, alt, numlock, f11, f3, a , s , d , f ,z,x,c,v,j,k,l > not working on the laptop keyboard but work on the external keyboard

    the wrong characters thing happens on the external keyboard too.

    to fix the wrong characters i have to keep tapping on shift key on the external keyboard or on screen keyboard

    this method doesn't fix the keys that don't work on the laptop

    i cleaned every key on the keyboard to make sure there is nothing stuck under any key.

    tried on bios and Ubuntu live usb still same problems.

    i also noticed that the keys that doesn't work are registering clicks but doesn't show any thing

    also after boot i notice on on screen keyboard that shift & numlock are being clicked

    any idea what is happening> motherboard problem ?