Question about a key of keyboard going soft!!

I just noticed today that the "8" key of my notebook's keyboard has gone soft. I has lost that clickiness and the return response is not as tactile as it used to be or as other keys still have. When I press "8", it doesnt even feel like I touched the key. Otherwise, as of now, it is still working. I hope I made clear the issue I am having with the key.

My question: Is this key about to go bad? Any solution for fixing it? If cleaning is needed, how do I clean it?

I just hope I wont have to replace the whole keyboard for the issue if the key stopped responding altogether.

 

My "u" key on my dv6-1330ss went soft as well, and it is very frustating, because when I'm writing and I press "u", it feels so different that most of the times I don't press hard enough... I feel very disappointed for that. -1 for HP. And -2 for the support.

 

Pry the cap off (don't worry you won't break anything, use your fingers or a knife, from the right or left side), clean it, and make sure the rubber button is centered before you put the cap back on.

 

Most likely it's going to go and there's not much you can do about it (with me it was the "P" key), save the suggestion from the previous post. If I were you I'd start getting ready to replace the keyboard and resolve the issue by knowing that keyboards are the most replaced item in the notebook world. They're just made as cheap as all get-out.

 

It's possible something has gotten under the key and is interfering with the travel of that particular key. You can try cleaning it our with some compressed air, vacuum and/or string. This has happened to me a couple times and a good keyboard cleaning fixed it. On the other hand, it could just be the key wearing out...

 

There's nothing underneath, I've tried to clean it already. In order to take off the key, you have to pull from the right side, right? Well I did that and cleaned the rubber button and everything but it was OK. Sometimes the key works fine for a while and become soft randomly...

 

They're cheap, even by China's standards. That's just the way the markets operates.

If you're lucky, at least you'll have a computer manufacturer that makes changing out the keyboard a quick and simple affair. Some manufactures (I won't mention HP...ooops!) have the audacity to "lock" it in, and even void your warranty for replacing it on you own.