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    Why is my keyboard buttons producing the wrong keys when I hit them?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by brate001, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. brate001

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    I have an HP Pavilion tx2510us. I have bought 3 keyboards all with the same keys that don't work. I believe it is a motherboard problem however what might be a way to fix this?

    Allot of my keys work, some of my keys don't work:

    Key = Output To Screen In A DOS CMD.EXE Shell
    D = CTRL-D (^D)
    F = no response sometimes but CTRL-F othertimes (nothing or ^F)
    A = CTRL-A followed by a "d" character sometimes (^A or ^Ad)
    X = "x" followed by a "comma" character always (x,); if I hold down X key for a period of time it outputs only a comma (,)
    Z = "z" followed by a "c" character (zc)
    V = "v" followed by a "x" always (vx)
    J = No response
    K = CTRL-K (^K)
    ; = "l" followed by a "CTRL-L" sometimes (L or l^L)
    / = "/" followed by a "." always (/.)


    I did not spill anything on any of these keyboards or the motherboard. Actually this motherboard I bought as a replacement to a motherboard that had a bad video card on it. Everything functioned as working except this issue.

    I'd like to hear something awesome like, it is a motherboard issue that can be fixed by some repair shops, instead of your motherboard is fried. :) I'm hopeful here...

    Any help would be appreciated
     
    brate001, Oct 27, 2011
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