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    Keyboard not working properly, very desperate, please help

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by AuroraSSSSS, Oct 19, 2014.

  1. AuroraSSSSS

    AuroraSSSSS Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I have a ASUS G73JH and it worked perfectly for the past 3 years. It recently started bugging certain keyboard buttons however, and not all of them but some very specific ones. (I am using the On-screen keyboard as I am typing this).

    W, Esc, F1, F2, 2 ... The problem started a little while ago and I would get past it at times by violently pressing the buttons and moving them around. Now however that does not work anymore. It has been around 2 days since they completely stopped functioning (only been able to press "w" once today that's all). I don't really know what to do, I am a student and cannot afford another laptop or anything big and I really need to be able to write essays etc.

    I do have all the latest drivers installed. I never dropped the laptop. I never spilled anything on the laptop. I would occasionally shake it in my laptop bag. I am using Windows 7 64. i7, 6 GB Ram, graphic card is Radeon HD 5870.

    Please, if you can, do help me with either some tips or advice, I really wneed to get this fixed!

    Thank you all immensely in advance
     
    AuroraSSSSS, Oct 19, 2014
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  2. mystery905

    mystery905 Notebook Deity

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    How about a temporary fix by plugging in a USB keyboard?
     
    mystery905, Oct 19, 2014
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    Or wireless/Bluetooth?


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    alexhawker, Oct 19, 2014
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    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Did you test it outside Windows? For examples the BIOS or a Linux LiveCD/USB?
    Sounds like a hardware issue to me though, normally when the problem is in the OS the keyboard would ether work or not. Did you disconnect/connect the keyboard recently?
     
    ATG, Oct 19, 2014
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  5. AuroraSSSSS

    AuroraSSSSS Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, thanks for the replies everyone.

    I might buy a new keyboard and attach it via USB as a last resort. Of course it would defy all purpose of a laptop but it is much better and the cheapest alternative, and damn I didn't even think about that!

    Also nope I only have Windows on my laptop nothing else. I don't know it always worked just fine but I am assuming it might be the connection plastic which, considering that its usually diagonal, might explain why these exact buttons aren't working.

    I looked up a guide on Youtube on how to open up your laptop and clean the keyboard from inside but I am certainly and absolutely not a professional in computer hardware and I am afraid I might do something and completely mess it us, Laptops are delicate things ...
     
    AuroraSSSSS, Oct 19, 2014
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