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    Think I have a defective keyboard VAIO VGN FS-620

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Surrey-OC3, Nov 30, 2008.

  1. Surrey-OC3

    Surrey-OC3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What's happening is that when I hit certain keys while typing the cursor will jump to an entirely different position. It appears to happen with certain keys but is sporadic.

    I don't believe it's software related because if I boot from a LIVE LINUX CD the problem persists. I have also used the recovery partition and it's still flaky.

    I just want a few opinions to confirm my suspicions.

    PS; I've also popped of a lot of the affected keys and cleaned under them. Notebook is 3.5 years old.

    Thanks

    SD
     
    Surrey-OC3, Nov 30, 2008
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    Bump......

     
    Surrey-OC3, Dec 1, 2008
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    If you are comfortable with a little bit of disassembly, you may try buying a replacement keyboard for a few bucks off ebay and seeing if it is a connector issue of sometype either in the relay patch cable or the circuitry of the keys and keyboard assembly.

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    BBGus, Dec 2, 2008
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    I'm good with that, probably what I will do..

    SD


     
    Surrey-OC3, Dec 3, 2008
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    Yeah, I would try that. If replacing it doesn't solve the problem nor a system reformat back to the factory image/original install, then you may be talking about something giving out on the motherboard.

    BBGus
     
    BBGus, Dec 3, 2008
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    Thanks BBGus, I'll update the thread when I have resolved my issue..

    SD

     
    Surrey-OC3, Dec 3, 2008
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    This might be a shot in the dark... but are you sure it's the keyboard and not the touchpad? I know that I can sometimes accidentally make the cursor jump by brushing the touchpad as I'm typing.

    Perhaps try disabling the touchpad - use a mouse or whatever - and see if you still get the problem... ;)
     
    InfyMcGirk, Dec 3, 2008
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    That was one of the first things I tried, unfortunately it wasn't that. Thanks for the suggestion however..

    SD

     
    Surrey-OC3, Dec 4, 2008
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    No problem, that's why were here.

    BBGus
     
    BBGus, Dec 4, 2008
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